StateMaster - Scatterplot: Military > Cost of the Military vs Military

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Strength of correlation (R squared): 1.000 (this correlation is very strong)
Outliers: California

	X Axis	Y Axis

Variable:	Military > Cost of the Military	Military > Iraq War Costs
Plot Display:	Logarithmic (base 10)	Logarithmic (base 10)
Definition:	Cost of the Military. This data set indicates how much money leaves the state in terms of residents' individual income taxes to pay for military spending. In this case, the 'military' is simply defined as the function area (050) 'National Defense' in the federal budget. As such, it does not include other military-related items like financing weapons sales.	Cost of Iraq war by U.S. State. "The state-level costs in the table are computed based on how much each state contributes in tax revenues, according to IRS data." -National Priorities Project
Source:	National Priorities Project Database, 2004	The National Priorities Project, 2006
Correlations:	Military > Cost of Nuclear Weapons Military > Iraq War Costs Economy > Gross State Product > Current Dollars Economy > GSP > Compensation of Employees > Wholesale trade Economy > Personal income	Military > Cost of Nuclear Weapons Military > Cost of the Military Economy > Gross State Product > Current Dollars Economy > GSP > Compensation of Employees > Wholesale trade Economy > Personal income
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