Another Chocolate Related Correlation?

[rachaelsloane]

I actually replied to Lorileah's post "Caught", but then thought why not start a new thread.

The graph is correlation between countries' annual per capita chocolate consumption and the number of Nobel laureates per 10 million population.

What if the correlation was Chocolate to Crossdressing instead of Nobel laureates? What would it look like?

This is most likely nother excellent example of why correlation doesn't always equal causation.

[Cheryl T]

In this gal's case it would be a high correlation between dressing and chocolate....as the song says, "These are a few of my favorite things".

[AllieSF]

Me thinks that you have too much down time on your hands. You need to get out there and shop for something you really do not need, and then celebrate the special find with a nice glass of Malbec!

PS: The play was pretty good for a Greek drama. I missed your presence there with me.

PS: All written while finishing off the last morsels of Belgium chocolate, really!

[rachaelsloane]

[QUOTE=AllieSF;3010759]Me thinks that you have too much down time on your hands. You need to get out there and shop for something you really do not need, and then celebrate the special find with a nice glass of Malbec!

Allie,
I did this post after buying a new dress and shoes that I do not need, but heard that inner voice say "Buy me please". I'll wear them to the play next Thursday.
Rach

[Beverley Sims]

See! the colder the country the more chocolate eaten.
I like NZ Cadburys chocolate as it contains less hardener than Aust. and UK. chocolate.
UK was good until they changed the recipe about 10 years ago.
Herseys US and others have less sugar.
Lintz Switzerland chocolate is different in taste to the rest of the world
Chocolates from Scandanavian countries have less hardener otherwise you could not eat it..
Bring them all to California and you have to refrigerate them.
I know Norway has three sexes, Male Female and Convertible.
Victor Borge 1955. :)

[Gillian Gigs]

I am dangerously close to being a "choco-holic". I have read about correlations between women and a love of chocolate, if any of it is true, then being a "choco-holic" is my most feminine trait!

[Cynthia Anne]

I was doing fine until I read this thread! Now I'm forced to go bake me a chocolate cake covered with chocolate i-cing!!!!!!!!!!!!! Be back in about one hour!

[suchacutie]

It's not communtative: Causation begets correlation. Correlation begets fantasy.

:)

[Persephone]

Much as I love this idea and chocolate, I believe there are some definite inaccuracies and some complete omissions in the chart, so the correlation may be questionable.

Luxembourg and Iceland, for example, have won more prizes per capita than Sweden or Switzerland (although Iceland barely scraped by Sweden) yet neither is on the chart. Israel has won more prizes per capita than the United States, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, and 12 other countries on the list and they aren't on the chart.

Hugs,
Persephone.