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I am not trying to be pedantic. There are many contexts in which 'prove' might be a reasonable term colloquially. However you are referring to a social scienc
by nineplay 6y ago
I am not trying to be pedantic. There are many contexts in which 'prove' might be a reasonable term colloquially.
However you are referring to a social science when you talk about differences between kids of different generations. I think using 'proved' in that context puts you on pretty shakey ground.
- lerptime 6y agoScientists can't prove anything. They can only make statistical correlations and establish causation to a degree. What this means is that whenever you use the word "prove" with "science" it is colloquial. It is always colloquial. The statistical methods used in social sciences are no different than the statistical methods used to "prove" things in physics.