Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Per capita margarine consumption

correlates with

Music CD units shipped in the US

r = 0.95896% · 2002-2011
Per capita margarine consumptionMusic CD units shipped in the US

These two datasets have a 96% correlation over 2002-2011. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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