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edhopper

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4. This is a flawed chart
Mon May 26, 2014, 09:54 AM
May 2014

Cheese consumption rose by about 9%, while the deaths almost doubled. The two vertical axis seem to be arbitrary and don't correlate in to each other's amounts. To be equal the Cheese axis should go from 29 to 97, not 34. So bogus charts. I also question the rise in deaths, I would guess it's more about reportage than actual incidents.
Too many of their charts do not have the two vertical axis match in percentage.
If they want to make a point about the math being used, they should get their math right in the first place. This kind of mistake negates any argument they make.
There is no true correlation here and it gives a false impression to the real problems of correlation/causation in many studies.

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