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
However, observational data alone cannot prove cause and effect.
From Science Daily • May 6, 2026
This research is observational, which means it cannot prove cause and effect.
From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026
He did, and in 2011, Christopher Sims and his friend Thomas Sargent won a Nobel Prize for their work revealing how the lines of cause and effect ripple through the economy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
For them the web of cause and effect was invisible and simultaneously everywhere, which was why a man could sink his net with salmon one night and catch only kelp the next.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
