WordPress.com Stats Plugin Widget Display, View Count Wrong?

Hi there, I’m using this variation on the WordPress Stats Widget script, in a tabbed widget using shortcodes:

http://ww.wp.xz.cn/support/topic/stats-plugin-excluding-homepage-from-stats_get_csv-results?replies=9

[php]
if ( function_exists(‘get_stats_exclude_home’) && $top_posts = get_stats_exclude_home(7,5) ) : ?>

<?php foreach ( $top_posts as $p ) : ?>
• “><?php echo get_the_title($p[‘post_id’]) ?> (<?php echo $p[‘views’]; ?> views)

<?php endforeach; ?>

<?php endif
[/php]

It works great at filtering out the home page, but my users have noted that the stats it displays don’t match what shows on the dashboard. Article A will show 800 views in the dashboard, but only 780 in the widget, etc.

This may not be a problem with the script, but a cache issue, but why would the dashboard be up to date and the csv not be?

Any idea why?