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These studies only report on the evidence of a statistical relationship and not a guaranteed causal link. They also don’t use correlation but usually some sort
by rockinghigh 7y ago
These studies only report on the evidence of a statistical relationship and not a guaranteed causal link. They also don’t use correlation but usually some sort of regression that includes other factors like temperature to remove some of the effects of these variables.
- tomrod 7y agoLinear regression is a form of correlation. The model causality is implied but the only connection is correlation. Unless estimating an average treatment effect or diff-in-diff type framework, causality will be hard to identify in observational frameworks