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US Dollar to British Pound vs US Internet Usage
US Dollar to British Pound and US Internet Usage correlate at r = +0.58 over 26 years (1999–2024), p = 0.0019. With the time trend removed, r = -0.42. Direction flips without the trend.
Verdict: Direction flips without the trend. The raw correlation is 0.58, but once each series' time trend is removed it becomes -0.42. The year-to-year movements run the opposite way to the long-run trends, so the headline number is misleading.
- Pearson r
- +0.58
- p-value
- 0.0019
- Years compared (n)
- 26 (1999–2024)
- 95% confidence interval
- 0.25 to 0.79
- Correlation with the time trend removed
- -0.42
Sources
- US Dollar to British Pound (GBP per USD): Frankfurter (ECB). Annual mean US Dollar to British Pound exchange rate (European Central Bank reference rates).
- US Internet Usage (% of population): Our World in Data. US Internet Usage (Our World in Data: Share of the population using the Internet).
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- US Internet Usage vs US Internet Users (r = +1.00)
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- US Internet Usage vs US Mobile Subscriptions (r = +0.98)
- US Internet Usage vs US Median Age (r = +0.97)
- US Internet Usage vs US Population (r = +0.97)
- US Internet Usage vs US Infant Mortality (r = -0.96)
Correlation does not imply causation. How the verdict is worked out.