Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

IRS audits completed

correlates with

US candle market retail sales

r = -0.98699% · 2015-2022
IRS audits completedUS candle market retail sales

These two datasets have a 99% correlation over 2015-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

Data Sources

IRS audits completedirs.gov
US candle market retail salescandles.org
spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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