observational
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Because the research was observational, it cannot establish that higher levels of exercise directly caused the lower cardiovascular risk.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
Medical schools, too, have long incorporated the study of performance to develop empathy and observational acuity in future doctors.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 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
The authors found that EEA capabilities have improved markedly over the past decade, thanks to advances in understanding physical drivers of events, expanded observational data from satellites and radar, new statistical techniques and better models.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
Primitive man, in noticing the relatively few natural coincidences in his environment, slowly developed the raw observational data out of which science evolved.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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