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magnesiumb t1_iugalat wrote

The correlation really isn’t that strong. Worth attention, but something is going on. Is there a list of countries used in this?

Frankly, fertility rate is a product of several things. You’re going to need to include more variables into your model (rurality, level of education, access to family planning services, for starters).

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dbabbitt OP t1_iuhi2gv wrote

In the social sciences, something that "explains" 67 percent of the variability is rare. What are you basing your claim on?

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magnesiumb t1_iuikz0f wrote

I was taught 0.8 and above was strong. I work in laboratory science mainly.

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