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Bear in mind that causality does not imply correlation. (I know I'm arguing with just one sentence in your post, but I think it needs to be pointed out.) Somet
by conistonwater 12y ago
Bear in mind that causality does not imply correlation. (I know I'm arguing with just one sentence in your post, but I think it needs to be pointed out.)
Sometimes you are observing controlled variables, in which case an counter-example like Friedman's thermostat will disprove this notion.
- tel 12y agoYeah, I would like to leave "correlation" out of it entirely. The real steps are more like "model building" and "evidence collection", but those are both more complex and not common vernacular.