Andrew Morse wrote:
Who was the first to say Correlation does not imply causation in so many
words? I know that the idea dates back to David Hume, but Hume did his
work about a century before the term correlation acquired its modern
statitical meaning.
It certainly wasn't Hume, who's argument
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Andrew Morse wrote:
Who was the first to say Correlation does not imply causation in so many
words? I know that the idea dates back to David Hume, but Hume did his
work about a century before the term correlation acquired its
Andrew Morse wrote:
Who was the first to say Correlation does not imply causation in so many
words? I know that the idea dates back to David Hume, but Hume did his
work about a century before the term correlation acquired its modern
statitical meaning.
It certainly wasn't Hume, who's argument
Stu wrote:
Silvert, Henry wrote:
Might I go one step further and point out the correlation does not establish
a causal relationship primarily because it does not point to directionality,
at least not without a working hypothesis and some background support.
Absolutely. Without both a
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I think
Hi
On 3 Dec 2001, Karl L. Wuensch wrote:
I think that phrase has created much misunderstanding. I try
to convince my students that correlation is necessary but not
sufficient for establishing a causal relationship.
And I teach that NEITHER presence NOR absence of _simple_
correlation can be
Nice example. Perhaps I should have said partial (and not necessarily
linear) correlation.
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Who was the first to say Correlation does not imply causation in so many
words? I know that the idea dates back to David Hume, but Hume did his
work about a century before the term correlation acquired its modern
Andrew Morse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Who was the first to say Correlation does not imply causation in so many
Kendall and Stuart says ...Yule (1926) frightened statisticians by adducing
cases of very high correlations which were obviously not causal..., in
time-series data, as it happens.
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Silvert, Henry wrote:
Might I go one step further and point out the correlation does not establish
a causal relationship primarily because it does not point to directionality,
at least not without a working hypothesis and some background support.
Absolutely. Without
I think that phrase has created much
misunderstanding. I try to convince my students that correlation is
necessary but not sufficient for establishing a causal
relationship.
Karl L. Wuensch, Department of
Psychology,East Carolina University, Greenville NC
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I don't recall who coined that phrase. However, it is frequently misused.
Sometimes it is used to put down bad researchers who use correlational
methods (including ordinary regression) and good researchers who use ANOVA
methods. Sometimes it is used to mean that if there is correlation,
I don't recall who coined that phrase. However, it is frequently misused.
Sometimes it is used to put down bad researchers who use correlational
methods (including ordinary regression) and good researchers who use ANOVA
methods. Sometimes it is used to mean that if there is correlation,
I don't recall who coined that phrase. However, it is frequently misused.
Sometimes it is used to put down bad researchers who use correlational
methods (including ordinary regression) and good researchers who use ANOVA
methods. Sometimes it is used to mean that if there is correlation,
Who was the first to say Correlation does not imply causation in so many
words? I know that the idea dates back to David Hume, but Hume did his
work about a century before the term correlation acquired its modern
statitical meaning. I've seen many sources that crdit Karl Pearson with
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