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AI explanation

^{Show image generation prompt} Model: dalle-3
Prompt: [A photo-realistic image] Create a colorful comic panel depicting the Delaware state map as the central focus. The map should be illustrated with vivid colors, and an increasing number of Democratic votes rising as blue bars above it. Within the map, showcase a computer screen displaying an xkcd comic with a chart featuring witty annotations—a line graph curving upwards. Ensure that the comic's caption reads, "Delaware Election Data Influence." Lastly, include a speech bubble originating from the map exclaimed, "Hey, look what we can spark with our votes!" This scene humorously captures the unexpected influence of Delaware's Democrat impact on the creation of xkcd comics about charts without any words or speech bubbles. The depiction should include only scenes, people, and objects, it should not include text or speech bubbles.

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This image generation prompt was also generated by AI, using the following sequence:

Model: gpt-3.5-turbo-1106
System prompt: You select one of a few potential scene descriptors that seems to go along with the variables described. You respond only with the scene descriptions provided and say nothing else.
User prompt: Here are two variables: Democrat votes for Senators in Delaware and xkcd comics published about charts. Given these, which of the following image style descriptions seems most appropriate? Pick the one that seems to be related to one of the variables at hand. Please respond with only one of the following potential descriptions: Woodblock painting Magic realism A photo-realistic image Sci-fi fantacy Vaporwave
ChatGPT: A photo-realistic image

Model: gpt-3.5-turbo-1106
System prompt: You describe simple visual scenes that depict the two variables stated. You combine both variables into one scene.
User prompt: Please describe a visual scene that prominently depicts both Democrat votes for Senators in Delaware and xkcd comics published about charts, in the following situation: As the number of Democrat votes for Senators in Delaware has increased, so has the production of xkcd comics about charts. This unexpected correlation can be attributed to the magnetic effect of political power. As the Democrats gain more influence in Delaware, their ideological resonance creates a ripple effect in the realm of data visualization humor. This phenomenon could be dubbed the 'Electoral Comic Confluence', where the direction of the state's political landscape directly impacts the content of xkcd comics. It appears that in the Venn diagram of Delaware politics and webcomics, there is a significant overlap leading to an 'elections-equal-erections' scenario. This peculiar connection reminds us that in the world of statistics, even the most seemingly unrelated variables can form an axis of amusement. Who would have thought that behind every bar chart lies a political preference, and beneath every line graph lurks a partisan punchline? It seems that when it comes to generating comedic content, Delaware's Democrat votes have chart-topping significance in inspiring xkcd to plot out a hilariously correlated course of action.. Keep the description simple.
ChatGPT: In a colorful comic panel, the Delaware state map appears with an increasing number of Democratic votes represented by rising blue bars above it. On the map, a computer screen displays an xkcd comic showing a chart with witty annotations, like a line graph curving upwards. The comic's caption reads, "Delaware Election Data Influence." A speech bubble from the map exclaims, "Hey, look what we can spark with our votes!" The scene humorously captures the unexpected impact of Delaware's Democrat influence on the creation of xkcd comics about charts.

Model: gpt-3.5-turbo-1106
System prompt: You write and improve image generation prompts for DALLE-3. You maintain the same subjects, but enhance the visuals.
User prompt: Please respond with an image generation prompt that would be likely to create an interesting visual using DALLE-3, using the following style: [ A photo-realistic image ] and depicting this scene: In a colorful comic panel, the Delaware state map appears with an increasing number of Democratic votes represented by rising blue bars above it. On the map, a computer screen displays an xkcd comic showing a chart with witty annotations, like a line graph curving upwards. The comic's caption reads, "Delaware Election Data Influence." A speech bubble from the map exclaims, "Hey, look what we can spark with our votes!" The scene humorously captures the unexpected impact of Delaware's Democrat influence on the creation of xkcd comics about charts. Keep the visual depiction simple. Do not include any words or speech bubbles.
ChatGPT: [A photo-realistic image] Create a colorful comic panel depicting the Delaware state map as the central focus. The map should be illustrated with vivid colors, and an increasing number of Democratic votes rising as blue bars above it. Within the map, showcase a computer screen displaying an xkcd comic with a chart featuring witty annotations—a line graph curving upwards. Ensure that the comic's caption reads, "Delaware Election Data Influence." Lastly, include a speech bubble originating from the map exclaimed, "Hey, look what we can spark with our votes!" This scene humorously captures the unexpected influence of Delaware's Democrat impact on the creation of xkcd comics about charts without any words or speech bubbles.

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*Variations in the User Prompts from chart to chart are just the result of random number generation in Python. I wrote a few arrays of various styles and methods to ask questions to change up the results. Every time this site writes an explanation or generates an image, the script picks from each at random.

I sequence the requests into multiple prompts because I find GPT 3.5 to perform much better with short, well-managed contexts. Thus, I track the context directly in Python and only ask ChatGPT targeted questions.

AI academic paper

Charting a Course: The xkcd-illating Connection Between Democrat Votes for Senators in Delaware and xkcd Comics The Journal of Political Satire and Socio-Cultural Analysis Jan 2024 Reminder: This paper is AI-generated. Not real!

Problem variable:	Which variable has a problem? Votes for Democratic Senators in Delaware xkcd comics published about charts Neither / both
Issue:	What is the issue? The data is incorrect The chart isn't displaying properly There is a typo The source link is incorrect A calculation is wrong Something else
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Data details

Why this works

1. Data dredging: I have 25,153 variables in my database. I compare all these variables against each other to find ones that randomly match up. That's 632,673,409 correlation calculations! This is called “data dredging.” Instead of starting with a hypothesis and testing it, I instead abused the data to see what correlations shake out. It’s a dangerous way to go about analysis, because any sufficiently large dataset will yield strong correlations completely at random.
2. Lack of causal connection: There is probably^Note Because these pages are automatically generated, it's possible that the two variables you are viewing are in fact causually related. I take steps to prevent the obvious ones from showing on the site (I don't let data about the weather in one city correlate with the weather in a neighboring city, for example), but sometimes they still pop up. If they are related, cool! You found a loophole.
   no direct connection between these variables, despite what the AI says above. This is exacerbated by the fact that I used "Years" as the base variable. Lots of things happen in a year that are not related to each other! Most studies would use something like "one person" in stead of "one year" to be the "thing" studied.
3. Observations not independent: For many variables, sequential years are not independent of each other. If a population of people is continuously doing something every day, there is no reason to think they would suddenly change how they are doing that thing on January 1. A simple^Note Personally I don't find any p-value calculation to be 'simple,' but you know what I mean.
   p-value calculation does not take this into account, so mathematically it appears less probable than it really is.
4. Very low n: There are not many data points included in this analysis. Even if the p-value is high, we should be suspicious of using so few datapoints in a correlation.

Try it yourself

# These modules make it easier to perform the calculation
import numpy as np
from scipy import stats

# We'll define a function that we can call to return the correlation calculations
def calculate_correlation(array1, array2):

    # Calculate Pearson correlation coefficient and p-value
    correlation, p_value = stats.pearsonr(array1, array2)

    # Calculate R-squared as the square of the correlation coefficient
    r_squared = correlation**2

    return correlation, r_squared, p_value

# These are the arrays for the variables shown on this page, but you can modify them to be any two sets of numbers
array_1 = np.array([257539,174012,265415,130655,217385,291804,])
array_2 = np.array([9,4,8,3,9,13,])
array_1_name = "Votes for Democratic Senators in Delaware"
array_2_name = "xkcd comics published about charts"

# Perform the calculation
print(f"Calculating the correlation between {array_1_name} and {array_2_name}...")
correlation, r_squared, p_value = calculate_correlation(array_1, array_2)

# Print the results
print("Correlation Coefficient:", correlation)
print("R-squared:", r_squared)
print("P-value:", p_value)

Reuseable content

• High resolution line chart ^Note The image linked here is a Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG). It is the highest resolution that is possible to achieve. It scales up beyond the size of the observable universe without pixelating. You do not need to email me asking if I have a higher resolution image. I do not. The physical limitations of our universe prevent me from providing you with an image that is any higher resolution than this one.
  
  If you insert it into a PowerPoint presentation (a tool well-known for managing things that are the scale of the universe), you can right-click > "Ungroup" or "Create Shape" and then edit the lines and text directly. You can also change the colors this way.
  
  Alternatively you can use a tool like Inkscape.
  
• High resolution line chart, optimized for mobile
• Alternative high resolution line chart
• Scatterplot
• Portable line chart (png)
• Portable line chart (png), optimized for mobile
• Line chart for only Votes for Democratic Senators in Delaware
• Line chart for only xkcd comics published about charts
• AI-generated correlation image
• The spurious research paper: Charting a Course: The xkcd-illating Connection Between Democrat Votes for Senators in Delaware and xkcd Comics