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US Natural Gas Consumption vs US Internet Usage
US Natural Gas Consumption and US Internet Usage correlate at r = +0.79 over 35 years (1990–2024), p < 0.0001. With the time trend removed, r = -0.74. Direction flips without the trend.
Verdict: Direction flips without the trend. The raw correlation is 0.79, but once each series' time trend is removed it becomes -0.74. The year-to-year movements run the opposite way to the long-run trends, so the headline number is misleading.
- Pearson r
- +0.79
- p-value
- < 0.0001
- Years compared (n)
- 35 (1990–2024)
- 95% confidence interval
- 0.62 to 0.89
- Correlation with the time trend removed
- -0.74
Sources
- US Natural Gas Consumption (TWh): Our World in Data. US Natural Gas Consumption (Our World in Data: Gas).
- 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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Correlation does not imply causation. How the verdict is worked out.