Coming soon - Get a detailed view of why an account is flagged as spam!
view details

This post has been de-listed

It is no longer included in search results and normal feeds (front page, hot posts, subreddit posts, etc). It remains visible only via the author's post history.

42
The regression line fallacy
Post Body

Regression lines do not indicate future trends, and they do not make statements about the past. See this illustration. I think it's important to clear that up for any would-be chartist.

Edit: Updated the illustration with some annotations. To understand the chart, the black part of the regression lines is up to the point in time where they are measured. The grey part is projected into the future from that point. The regression is drawn at regular intervals trough from 2011 to earlier this year.

Author
Account Strength
100%
Account Age
15 years
Verified Email
Yes
Verified Flair
No
Total Karma
75,447
Link Karma
12,771
Comment Karma
62,090
Profile updated: 6 days ago
Posts updated: 8 months ago

Subreddit

Post Details

We try to extract some basic information from the post title. This is not always successful or accurate, please use your best judgement and compare these values to the post title and body for confirmation.
Posted
10 years ago