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US Military Expenditure vs US Secondary School Enrollment
US Military Expenditure and US Secondary School Enrollment correlate at r = -0.43 over 35 years (1971–2022), p = 0.011. With the time trend removed, r = +0.50. Direction flips without the trend.
Verdict: Direction flips without the trend. The raw correlation is -0.43, but once each series' time trend is removed it becomes 0.50. The year-to-year movements run the opposite way to the long-run trends, so the headline number is misleading.
- Pearson r
- -0.43
- p-value
- 0.011
- Years compared (n)
- 35 (1971–2022)
- 95% confidence interval
- -0.66 to -0.11
- Correlation with the time trend removed
- +0.50
Sources
- US Military Expenditure (% of GDP): World Bank. US Military Expenditure (World Bank indicator MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS).
- US Secondary School Enrollment (% gross): World Bank. US Secondary School Enrollment (World Bank indicator SE.SEC.ENRR).
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Correlation does not imply causation. How the verdict is worked out.