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• geraldwhen 4y ago
  Correlation is not causation. Ice cream sales don’t cause drowning.
  • itsoktocry 4y ago
    >Ice cream sales don’t cause drowning. Imagine thinking this study and those datasets are remotely the same.
  • JumpCrisscross 4y ago
    > Correlation is not causation No, but correlation isn't meaningless either. This study [1] appears to be as robust as one can get without doing a double-blind trial. Given the effect size, I suspect that is in the works. [1] https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad220361#S1 https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-...
  • dragontamer 4y ago
    Correlation is sufficient to draw additional studies to add to the discussion however. And with a proper survey, you can actually account for a lot of these effects. (Ex: after accounting for outdoor temperatures, the Ice Cream Sales / Drowning correlation can be largely factored out).