Updated BasicEmpirMethods.md with comic and reorg'd images folder

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diff --git a/docs/book/CompMethods_references.bib b/docs/book/CompMethods_references.bib
@@ -270,6 +270,16 @@ @ARTICLE{Eilers:2005
   pages = {317-328},
 }
 
+@TECHREPORT{Elliott:2023,
+  AUTHOR = {Timo Elliott},
+  TITLE = {Every Single Person Who Confuses Correlation and Causation Ends Up Dying},
+  INSTITUTION = {TimoElliott.com},
+  YEAR = {2023},
+  type = {Cartoon},
+  month = {October},
+  url = {https://i0.wp.com/timoelliott.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/every-single-person-who-confuses-correlation-and-causation-ends-up-dying.jpg},
+}
+
 @ARTICLE{EvansPhillips:2017,
   AUTHOR = {Richard W. Evans and Kerk L. Phillips},
   TITLE = {Advantages of an Ellipse when Modeling Leisure Utility},

diff --git a/docs/book/basic_empirics/BasicEmpirMethods.md b/docs/book/basic_empirics/BasicEmpirMethods.md
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ The iframe below contains a PDF of {cite}`AllenEtAl:2023` "The Economic Origins
 (SecBasicEmpCorrCaus)=
 ## Correlation versus Causation
 
+```{figure} ../../../images/basic_empirics/basic_empirics/CorrVsCaus.png
+:height: 500px
+:name: FigBasicEmpir_CorrVsCaus
+
+Correlation versus causation comic by {cite}`Elliott:2023`.
+```
+
 What is the difference between correlation and causation?
 * What are some examples of things that are correlated but do not "cause" each other?
 
@@ -174,7 +181,7 @@ plt.grid(color='gray', linestyle=':', linewidth=1, alpha=0.5)
 plt.show()
 ```
 
-```{figure} ../../../images/basic_empirics/scatter1.png
+```{figure} ../../../images/basic_empirics/basic_empirics/scatter1.png
 :height: 500px
 :name: FigBasicEmpir_scatter1
 
@@ -239,7 +246,7 @@ plt.grid(color='gray', linestyle=':', linewidth=1, alpha=0.5)
 plt.show()
 ```
 
-```{figure} ../../../images/basic_empirics/scatter2.png
+```{figure} ../../../images/basic_empirics/basic_empirics/scatter2.png
 :height: 500px
 :name: FigBasicEmpir_scatter2
 
@@ -264,7 +271,7 @@ plt.grid(color='gray', linestyle=':', linewidth=1, alpha=0.5)
 plt.show()
 ```
 
-```{figure} ../../../images/basic_empirics/scatter3.png
+```{figure} ../../../images/basic_empirics/basic_empirics/scatter3.png
 :height: 500px
 :name: FigBasicEmpir_scatter3
 
@@ -331,7 +338,7 @@ plt.title('OLS relationship between expropriation risk and income (Fig. 2 from A
 plt.show()
 ```
 
-```{figure} ../../../images/basic_empirics/AcemogluEtAl_fig2.png
+```{figure} ../../../images/basic_empirics/basic_empirics/AcemogluEtAl_fig2.png
 :height: 500px
 :name: FigBasicEmpir_AcemFig2
 
@@ -522,7 +529,7 @@ plt.ylabel('Log GDP per capita, PPP, 1995')
 plt.show()
 ```
 
-```{figure} ../../../images/basic_empirics/AcemogluEtAl_predvals.png
+```{figure} ../../../images/basic_empirics/basic_empirics/AcemogluEtAl_predvals.png
 :height: 500px
 :name: FigBasicEmpir_AcemPredVals
 

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diff --git a/.../basic_empirics/AcemogluEtAl_predvals.png → .../basic_empirics/AcemogluEtAl_predvals.png b/.../basic_empirics/AcemogluEtAl_predvals.png → .../basic_empirics/AcemogluEtAl_predvals.png
diff --git a/images/basic_empirics/basic_empirics/CorrVsCaus.png b/images/basic_empirics/basic_empirics/CorrVsCaus.png
diff --git a/images/basic_empirics/scatter1.png → ...asic_empirics/basic_empirics/scatter1.png b/images/basic_empirics/scatter1.png → ...asic_empirics/basic_empirics/scatter1.png
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diff --git a/images/basic_empirics/scatter3.png → ...asic_empirics/basic_empirics/scatter3.png b/images/basic_empirics/scatter3.png → ...asic_empirics/basic_empirics/scatter3.png