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causation

[kaw-zey-shuhn] / kɔˈzeɪ ʃən /






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"Everyone has heard it a million times, but it bears repeating: Correlation doesn't equal causation," Gennaro said.

From Science Daily

It said the researchers relied on an outdated and narrow data set to reach unwarranted conclusions, and conflated correlation with causation.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

But the causation may run the other direction.

From The Wall Street Journal

In other words, correlation is not the same as causation.

From MarketWatch