cause and effect
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This might be because rate increases occur in conjunction with inflationary environments, and cause and effect get mixed up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Most of the studies the authors analyzed are observational and can’t prove cause and effect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
It does not establish direct cause and effect in people or prove that drinking coffee prevents disease.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
That finding showed an association, not cause and effect.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
But the correlations do not tell us precisely how population variables function in a chain of cause and effect whose outcome is a complex society.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
