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epithete52 t1_iw210b9 wrote

What would show up if you added the continent as a color key? Any partition?

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hcrx OP t1_iw2a9y9 wrote

Good point. I didn’t split that but the dataset seems pretty “randomly” distributed. Did you check the dataset?

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epithete52 t1_iw1ymk7 wrote

Actually, the correlation is rather weak. It would be interesting to identify the points which 'over-' and ''under-'perform in happiness!

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hcrx OP t1_iw1z1h0 wrote

Yes that’s what surprised me the most. If you see the full analysis you can the countries above and below the line, along with other correlations

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keishalemons t1_iw55ckg wrote

Almost no correlation. Money can't buy you happiness

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unstablehaha t1_iw33tm9 wrote

People do be happier being richer

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breathnac t1_iw55sec wrote

If this qualifies as a correlation to you I've got a bridge to sell you...

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hcrx OP t1_iw6c1i0 wrote

That’s the point. They are essentially not correlated

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PaigePossum t1_iwaa9w5 wrote

I think starting happiness matters here too, there's only so far up (or down) that you can go

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lxaxvv t1_iw3yt75 wrote

FYI: Correlation doesn't indicate causality.

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deefstes t1_iw7icta wrote

I'm not seeing much correlation here anyway.

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