"Margarine linked to divorce"- Spurious correlations, or how misused statistics provide sensationali - Polidicks

"God damn, I love margarine so much, don't let my wife know." "Excuse me, what did I just hear you say!? Who's this Margaret person? Are you cheating on me!?"

To be honest I could see this being a valid correlation, I'd divorce my wife if she bought margarine

This is not only correlation [img]http://images.dangerousminds.net/uploads/images/66drwncagesprcorr.jpg[/img] this is causality.

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/0KBGc5r.jpg[/IMG] Still my favorite

Too bad he doesn't play with logarithmic or exponential scaling, because that vastly expands what you can bullshit in terms of comparisons.

I thought the title said "marriage is linked to divorce".

[QUOTE=download;44912912]Margarine is awful, butter is much better. Did you know margarine is naturally a pale grey/brown colour? They have to colour it yellow to sell it.[/QUOTE] chedder is pale white, they color that orange because, fuck it

[QUOTE=Sableye;44918825]chedder is pale white, they color that orange because, fuck it[/QUOTE] Yeah, but then it looks like cheese.

You guys would have a hayday with google correlate. [url]https://www.google.com/trends/correlate[/url]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/bsiUIWs.png[/IMG]

[URL]https://www.google.com/trends/correlate/search?e=facepunch&t=weekly&p=us#[/URL] [editline]26th May 2014[/editline] I thought facepunch hated anime? Or did at one time atleast.

[QUOTE=frozensoda;44912923]It's funny, margarine is terrible[/QUOTE] This is why USA is obese. No love for fatless milk (doesn't even taste any different, just a slight change in texture) or margarine.

[QUOTE=Falchion;44920964]This is why USA is obese. No love for fatless milk (doesn't even taste any different, just a slight change in texture) or margarine.[/QUOTE] Eh I always used to buy margarine for the longest time, but I find that real butter tastes just a little "cleaner" idk how to describe it. It's like when you make a grilled cheese with real butter it's just better

[QUOTE=Sobotnik;44915122]Others for instance: [img]http://i.imgur.com/xqOt9mP.png[/img] Both are (usually) the consequence of growth. The US population has grown over that time, and the graph charts absolute number of deaths, as opposed to a rate. The spending has also increased, but again, in absolute numbers, and not the actual rate is shown on the chart. The increase in spending can be attributed to economic growth, meaning the government can tax more wealth and consequently spend more on science. If we assume the suicide rate remains constant, then an increase in population will always mean a greater absolute number of deaths.[/QUOTE] If the axes were cut off a bit differently it would be a perfect match :v:

Because it's margarine, and not the conditions that force people to buy it instead if butter

[QUOTE=Falkok15;44919965]Yeah, but then it looks like cheese.[/QUOTE] Only americans need their cheese to be yellow/orange

[QUOTE=zakedodead;44920770][URL]https://www.google.com/trends/correlate/search?e=facepunch&t=weekly&p=us#[/URL] [editline]26th May 2014[/editline] I thought facepunch hated anime? Or did at one time atleast.[/QUOTE] Not much hate outside GMF. Fast Anime is good at scaring off those rabid pre-pubescents who only watch Naruto and whatever flavour-of-the-month shit that's currently airing

Perhaps people buy fake butter because they know they're also in a fake relationship.

[QUOTE=zakedodead;44920770][URL]https://www.google.com/trends/correlate/search?e=facepunch&t=weekly&p=us#[/URL] [editline]26th May 2014[/editline] I thought facepunch hated anime? Or did at one time atleast.[/QUOTE] [url]https://www.google.com/trends/correlate/search?e=gmod&e=best+animes&t=weekly&p=us#[/url] the plot thickens

[QUOTE=zakedodead;44920770]I thought facepunch hated anime? Or did at one time atleast.[/QUOTE] I think literally half of Facepunchers have anime avatars. And look how big the Fast Anime thread is. Only a few old golds hate anime.

[QUOTE=ShaunOfTheLive;44970331]I think literally half of Facepunchers have anime avatars. And look how big the Fast Anime thread is. Only a few old golds hate anime.[/QUOTE] Most people have figured out that "anime" doesn't just mean DBZ and Naruto. [QUOTE=LNKFAN;44912919]If you werent putting real fucking butter on my biscuits your ass is out the door[/QUOTE] If you put margarine - and not butter - on my toast, you're fucking [I]done[/I].