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US Alcohol Consumption vs US Milk Consumption per Person
US Alcohol Consumption and US Milk Consumption per Person correlate at r = -0.69 over 21 years (2000–2020), p = 5.3e-4. With the time trend removed, r = +0.41. Direction flips without the trend.
Verdict: Direction flips without the trend. The raw correlation is -0.69, but once each series' time trend is removed it becomes 0.41. The year-to-year movements run the opposite way to the long-run trends, so the headline number is misleading.
- Pearson r
- -0.69
- p-value
- 5.3e-4
- Years compared (n)
- 21 (2000–2020)
- 95% confidence interval
- -0.86 to -0.37
- Correlation with the time trend removed
- +0.41
Sources
- US Alcohol Consumption (litres/person): Our World in Data. US Alcohol Consumption (Our World in Data: Alcohol consumption).
- US Milk Consumption per Person (kg/year): Our World in Data. US Milk Consumption per Person (Our World in Data: Per capita consumption of milk, excluding butter).
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Correlation does not imply causation. How the verdict is worked out.