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causation

[kaw-zey-shuhn] / kɔˈzeɪ ʃən /






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Causation is the why behind events; understanding it is the way historians get at the heart of the matter.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

There’s a second reason we are talking about the same thing: Causation can be attributed.

From Slate • Mar. 24, 2020

But I think this is the embodiment of a classic fallacy: Causation doesn’t mean correlation.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2018

Causation again seems to run the other way.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2016

Correlation and Causation Correlation and causation are two quite different words, and the innumerate are more prone to mistake them than most.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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