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The rooster thinks he summons the sun because the sunrise always follows his crow. Correlation, at its worst, is a very confident rooster. For decades, our data economy has run on the same illusion: ...

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 ...

Kwon is a Ph.D. student in health policy at Harvard University. Stuart is professor and chair in the Department of Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. It is human ...

Today’s post is the third, and final, one in a series providing guidance to teachers on how to interpret education research. Cara Jackson currently serves as the president of the Association for ...

Headlines can confuse correlation for causation: Tylenol causes autism. Ultra-processed foods cause cancer. Social media causes depression. Epstein files update: Lieu calls for special counsel over ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Abel Garcia speaks to a doctor on a key distinction between acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, and autism following the Trump administration's recent claims LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The Trump ...