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    For those who spend time with charts

    Be happy if they don't blame you for the data:

    Spurious Correlations

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    Re: For those who spend time with charts

    Certainly shows how "correlation does not equal causation" and how, in some cases, maybe correlation means nothing at all.
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    Re: For those who spend time with charts

    Reminds me of this: http://xkcd.com/552/
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