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Rahall: Decrease in Coal Demand is Temporary

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall says he hopes the demand for coal will increase soon so out of work miners can start work again.

Several southern West Virginia mines have shut down recently due to a decrease in demand for coal. Hundreds of miners across the coalfields are without jobs and Rahall said last week in an exclusive interview with The Logan Banner that he believes the coal mines will see an increase in need for coal.

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Correlation is not Causation

"Correlation is not causation" is a statistics mantra. It is drilled, military school-style, into every budding statistician. But what does it actually mean? Well, correlation is a measure of how closely related two things are. Think of it as a number describing the relative change in one thing when there is a change in the other, with 1 being a strong positive relationship between two sets of numbers, –1 being a strong negative relationship and 0 being no relationship whatsoever.

"Correlation is not causation" means that just because two things correlate does not necessarily mean that one causes the other. As a seasonal example, just because people in the UK tend to spend more in the shops when it's cold and less when it's hot doesn't mean cold weather causes frenzied high-street spending. A more plausible explanation would be that cold weather tends to coincide with Christmas and the new year sales.

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2012 Joint Spring Meeting

The WV Coal Mining Institute, the WVCA and the Central Appalachian Section of SME will be held at the Stonewall Jackson Resort May 3-5, 2012.

Registration information was sent out previously via e-mail with detailed information.  If you did not receive please let us know and it will be resent.

2012 West Virginia Mine Drainage Task Force Symposium

March 27-28 are the dates for the 2012 WV Mine Drainage Task Force Symposium to be held in Morgantown, WV at the Ramada Inn.  Registration can be made through Patty Bruce at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or go to: http://wvmdtaskforce.com/symposium/index.cfm

West Virginia Cedar Golf Tournament

The West Virginia Eleventh Annual CEDAR Golf Classic will be held on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at the Twisted Gun Golf Course in Wharncliffe, West Virginia.  Registration will begin at 9 a.m. with golf beginning at 10 a.m. promptly.  Contact Bud Clapp at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.

Last week’s Coal Bits listed the Kentucky CEDAR Golf Tournament.

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