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US Air Passengers Carried vs US Energy Use per Capita
US Air Passengers Carried and US Energy Use per Capita correlate at r = -0.41 over 54 years (1970–2023), p = 0.0024. With the time trend removed, r = +0.47. Direction flips without the trend.
Verdict: Direction flips without the trend. The raw correlation is -0.41, but once each series' time trend is removed it becomes 0.47. The year-to-year movements run the opposite way to the long-run trends, so the headline number is misleading.
- Pearson r
- -0.41
- p-value
- 0.0024
- Years compared (n)
- 54 (1970–2023)
- 95% confidence interval
- -0.61 to -0.15
- Correlation with the time trend removed
- +0.47
Sources
- US Air Passengers Carried (passengers): Our World in Data. US Air Passengers Carried (Our World in Data: Air transport, passengers carried).
- US Energy Use per Capita (kWh): Our World in Data. US Energy Use per Capita (Our World in Data: Total energy supply).
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Correlation does not imply causation. How the verdict is worked out.