cause and effect
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The original 2023 study was small and correlational, so it cannot show cause and effect.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
This research is observational, which means it cannot prove cause and effect.
From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026
Their experiments focused on a specific scenario, repeated mild brain injury, and used CTE tissue to provide supporting observations rather than direct proof of cause and effect.
From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026
But 34 years later, Sims and Sargent would share in the 2011 economics Nobel for “for their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
You’re never really sure, since cause and effect have become as shifty as time itself.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
