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pre-registered test · did not qualifywhy it did not qualify: The source mix changed within the window; the comparison is not like-for-like.
also: the apparent association between the levels disappears once the shared trend is removed.
test figures
- window: 64 continuous days (Aug 10 – Oct 12)
- 60 aligned daily changes
- levels: correlation 0.66
- daily changes: correlation 0.23
- lags tested: 0–7 days · best: 3 days
- corrected chance of coincidence: not computable with this history
- continuous history for the coincidence test: 36 of 39 required shifts (3 missing)
- earliest date this history could be complete: Oct 15, if both series keep being collected daily without gaps; this does not guarantee the test will qualify
actual daily levels · each chart on its own scale