Lack of Correlation Does Not Show Lack of Causation
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From XKCD I'm sure many of you feel that it is disappointingly easy to become embarrassed for humanity whenever reading a discussion of correlations. In academia's greatest charade, every Stats 101 class or Epidemiology 101 class or heck even a Psych 101 class will emphatically declare that correlation does not imply causation. Then most people graduate and spend their entire lives reading causation into correlations. Especially if they become epidemiologists.
Lack of Correlation Does Not Show Lack of Causation
Lack of Correlation Does Not Show Lack of…
Lack of Correlation Does Not Show Lack of Causation
From XKCD I'm sure many of you feel that it is disappointingly easy to become embarrassed for humanity whenever reading a discussion of correlations. In academia's greatest charade, every Stats 101 class or Epidemiology 101 class or heck even a Psych 101 class will emphatically declare that correlation does not imply causation. Then most people graduate and spend their entire lives reading causation into correlations. Especially if they become epidemiologists.