• Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    19 hours ago

    The graph is change in real prices that means inflation / cost of living adjusted. The anglophone countries would need to see equivalent real wage growth to make it just about salaries, which as far as I know they haven’t.

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      17 hours ago

      In statistics, making inferences and drawing conclusions from a limited number of variables is considered disingenuous (at best).

      • FishFace@piefed.social
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        9 hours ago

        Lol wtf does that mean? What would a set of variables that isn’t “limited” even look like? What variables would you need to include to determine whether Anglophone countries had, indeed, built less housing and incurred greater price increases?

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        14 hours ago

        The statement in the title of the graph is fully supported by the data shown. What inferences do you think have been made in error here?