Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Average US movie ticket price

correlates with

IRS individual tax returns e-filed

r = 0.97197% · 2005-2022
Average US movie ticket priceIRS individual tax returns e-filed

These two datasets have a 97% correlation over 2005-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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