Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

People who own a standalone GPS

correlates with

Civil engineering doctorates awarded

r = -0.90490% · 2007-2021
People who own a standalone GPSCivil engineering doctorates awarded

These two datasets have a 90% correlation over 2007-2021. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

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Data Sources

People who own a standalone GPSstatista.com
Civil engineering doctorates awardednces.ed.gov
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