Superimposing time series is the biggest source of silly theories

Stats Chat 2013-05-28

Summary:

Business Insider (link) published the following chart and declared "the end of the car age in one chart". The chart superimposed the monthly motor vehicle miles driven per capita and the labor force participation rate. This is the conclusion of...

Link:

http://junkcharts.typepad.com/junk_charts/2013/05/superimposing-time-series-is-the-biggest-source-of-silly-theories.html

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business economics data weblogs finance current affairs time series line chart superimposed

Authors:

junkcharts

Date tagged:

05/28/2013, 21:50

Date published:

05/28/2013, 08:43