We’ve all been told that correlation does not imply causation. Yet many business leaders, elected officials, and media outlets still make causal claims based on misleading correlations. These claims ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Concerns are rising after federal officials flagged potential risks with acetaminophen use in pregnancy. Acetaminophen — or Tylenol — is one of the most common over-the-counter ...

A comment posted by a reader on a recent post reprimanded me for suggesting that marijuana caused relationships to go bad. In this instance the reader was mistaken, as I had specifically used the word ...

Correctly distinguishing between correlation and causation is critical because it influences how treatments for illnesses are devised and tested. Also, in the context of the law, it ensures that as ...

Here's another example of the difference between statistical correlation and causation. Maybe it's best to agree on a plausible path of causation before looking for the correlation. That way it avoids ...

With the explosion of interest in Big Data everyone in every department is looking for actionable intelligence. That’s great but there’s a downside: Trying to explain to, say, your VP of sales that ...

Now that significant portions of the bond market’s yield curve has inverted, including the part that the Federal Reserve thinks is significant, the race is on to decipher the message being sent. The ...

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