causation
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The study is cross-sectional, which means it cannot determine cause and effect and may be influenced by confounding factors or reverse causation.
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026
He explained that language emphasizing causation over correlation and other results biases is a problem in scientific research at-large, but in his opinion, this is an egregious example.
From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026
And while correlation does not mean causation, that is when this age-related break occurs.
From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026
Together, he said, “those studies have indicated that a vast share of the causation of autism can be traced to the effects of genetic influences. That is a fact.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
Those are no longer the questions of proximate causation that this chapter has been discussing, but questions of ultimate causation that will take up the next two parts of this book.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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