Of Correlations, Causations and the Divide Therein – Part Deux
Posted 18 December 2010 by Kausik Datta
In the first part of this post, I mentioned the important maxim in science, “Correlation does not imply causation”, providing a glimpse of its logical framework, and discussing how the scientific method is utilized to establish causality in observed relationships between/amongst variables. And what happens when scientists, study authors, investigators ignore this prime maxim? Well, as a casual search would show, the internet is replete with examples of situations of spurious relationships, where either it was mistakenly assumed that evidence... Read more
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