Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Total student loan debt outstanding

correlates with

Total golf courses in the US

r = -0.98799% · 2002-2022
Total student loan debt outstandingTotal golf courses in the US

These two datasets have a 99% correlation over 2002-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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