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US Cereal Yield vs US Life Expectancy
US Cereal Yield and US Life Expectancy correlate at r = +0.91 over 64 years (1961–2024), p < 0.0001. With the time trend removed, r = -0.36. Direction flips without the trend.
Verdict: Direction flips without the trend. The raw correlation is 0.91, but once each series' time trend is removed it becomes -0.36. The year-to-year movements run the opposite way to the long-run trends, so the headline number is misleading.
- Pearson r
- +0.91
- p-value
- < 0.0001
- Years compared (n)
- 64 (1961–2024)
- 95% confidence interval
- 0.85 to 0.94
- Correlation with the time trend removed
- -0.36
Sources
- US Cereal Yield (kg per hectare): World Bank. US Cereal Yield (World Bank indicator AG.YLD.CREL.KG).
- US Life Expectancy (years): World Bank. US Life Expectancy (World Bank indicator SP.DYN.LE00.IN).
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Correlation does not imply causation. How the verdict is worked out.