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It's not a direct synonym but it's also where my mind went after reading the title

• alxlaz 7y ago
  So what other word would you have used for an article about a statistical prediction? This is a scientific text, "to predict" has a well-understood meaning within the field of statistics and it's not a synonym for "causes".
  • dwaltrip 7y ago
    Does "correlate" or "correlation" work? Confession: I didn't read the article.
  • karpierz 7y ago
    "correlates"
    • rhn_mk1 7y ago
      Correlation is a symmetrical relationship between two properties, prediction is not.
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