Reading Judea Pearl is recommended. You might begin with The Book of Why and then do a deep dive. Michael Neilson has a good blog post on the issue: http://ww

Reading Judea Pearl is recommended. You might begin with The Book of Why and then do a deep dive. Michael Neilson has a good blog post on the issue: http://www.michaelnielsen.org/ddi/if-correlation-doesnt-imply-causation-then-what-does/ http://www.michaelnielsen.org/ddi/if-correlation-doesnt-impl... with interesting comments by Judea Pearl at http://www.michaelnielsen.org/ddi/guest-post-judea-pearl-on-correlation-causation-and-the-psychology-of-simpsons-paradox/ http://www.michaelnielsen.org/ddi/guest-post-judea-pearl-on-.... at