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# Fun With Statistics, Pirate Edition
- URL: https://www.kevinmeyer.com/fun-with-stat-3/
- Published: 2007-09-23T04:37:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-10T20:09:17.000Z
- Author: Kevin Meyer
- Tags: Fun With Statistics, #Migrated-1752356847400, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-07-12 14:48

This edition of Fun With Statistics tells us a thing or two about relational attributes. Let's get right to it, with the following graphical analysis that is apparently making the rounds on Capitol Hill.

Statistics never lie, right? Where's a good pirate, or a few thousand, when you need them?

The lesson should be obvious: make sure the two attributes you are trying to correlate are actually related. A nice trend does not a trend make.

Hat tip to Donald Luskin at the *Conspiracy to Keep You Poor and Stupid* blog.