cause and effect
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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
As we watch his experiments, we first see and then feel their reactions in recursive proof of cause and effect.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026
The theory then turns an observed rough correlation in time into a postulated chain of cause and effect.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
