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An Odd Arima-X-12 Statistical Aberration?

By Tyler Durden
Created 10/05/2012 - 08:35
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Submitted by Tyler Durden [1] on 10/05/2012 08:35 -0500



 

Here's a peculiar statistical aberration:

  • Household Survey people employed: +873,000 (source [2])
  • Part-time jobs for economic reasons: +582,000 (source [3])

-> 582,000 divided by 873,000 = 0.666666666666*

Aka: precisely two thirds. Whatever are the odds... Goalseeking much Arima-X-12 [4]?

 

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[2] http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t01.htm
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[4] http://www.census.gov/srd/www/x12a/