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Government shutdowns in the U.S. (infosec.pub)

submitted 4 months ago by cm0002@libretechni.ca to c/dataisbeautiful@mander.xyz

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[–] vrek@programming.dev 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I agree the story you think the stats are giving are not statistically significant. But I think there is different story... Length of shutdown had drastically increased recently. The problem with stats is the prove truth or show complete trash and both look the same if you don't have experience.

[–] SinAdjetivos@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Length of shutdown had drastically increased recently.

Yes. That is what this is a graph of, but that's not particularly interesting and doesn't make for a good graphic. The interesting bit is the addition of uncorrelated variables to imply a correlation/causation that isn't supported by the data.

The problem with stats is the prove truth or show complete trash and both look the same if you don't have experience.

Right, which is why I would hope a "data is beautiful" community would be able to recognize trash when it sees it.