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AspiringRationalist comments on What false beliefs have you held and why were you wrong? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: AspiringRationalist 25 October 2014 01:03:45AM *  1 point [-]

I did the simpler analysis first and all the correlations between log GDP per capita and all the economic freedom index subscores were pretty negative (as was the correlation between log GDP per capita and GDP growth). Log GDP per capita was positively correlated with economic freedom subscores.

Edit: clarity

Comment author: satt 25 October 2014 05:08:57PM 0 points [-]

Thanks. A negative correlation between log GDP per capita and the freedom index surprises me; that falsifies my "poor country" confounder speculation.

Comment author: AspiringRationalist 26 October 2014 06:33:03PM 0 points [-]

The comment above yours was not very clear. I have edited it for clarity. There is in fact a positive correlation between the economic freedom index and log GDP per capita.

Comment author: satt 27 October 2014 05:00:36AM 0 points [-]

I'm more confused now. The parent comment says the EF index correlates positively with log GDP per capita, while the edited comment says the EF index subscores correlate both negatively and positively with log GDP per capita. I don't understand how that can all be true simultaneously...