When Correlation Is Not Causation, But Something Much More Screwy. Sampling error? Omitted variable bias? Bah, that's for first-year grad students. By Megan McArdle. May 11, 2012. Share.

There's quite a bit of confusion about statistical terms like correlation, association, and causality. While causation is the gold standard, it should not be the only thing we care about.

Much of the time, people derive causation from correlation. Put another way, when two odd circumstances seem to align with one another, people assume that one causes the other. Such logic simply makes ...

Creativity exists in the space between correlation and causation. A successful business requires you to show up in that space every day. EXPERT OPINION BY SAMIRA FAR , ENTREPRENEUR AND WRITER ...

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Is there a correlation between CO2 concentration and climate temperature? 2. If there is a correlation, does this correlation prove causality? 3. Is it true that man-made CO2 is warming the climate?

Hmmmm, in two different stories, we read how higher-income Oregonians are fleeing to Clark County, then another on how homelessness is up 30 percent. My head says, “It is just correlation, Troy ...

Correlation is not causation. In fact “cause” is probably the wrong word here; it’s more like an underlying cultural logic causing both trends.