What would be some fact that, while true, could be told in a context or way that is misinfomating or make the other person draw incorrect conclusions?

  • @[email protected]
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    21 year ago

    First thing you learn in a statistics course is that correlation doesn’t equal causation.

    Correlation: two thing happening at the same time or one thing happening right after the other, regardless of whether the things are at all connected

    Causation: one thing happening BECAUSE of the other

    • Sockenklaus
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      1 year ago

      Oh yes I got my definition of correlation slightly wrong. Correlation doesn’t necessarily mean that two things have the same cause but they do relate in some way either by having a common cause or by occuring in the same system. They definitely have more in common than happening just at the same time or right after each other like a coincidence.

      I didn’t claim that correlation equals causation and I hope you didn’t get the impression because this would be oviously wrong.

      Edit: I stand corrected and today I learned that “correlation” means that two things have a statistical relation without any causal relation implied. There can be a causal relation but it’s not necessary. The key takeaway for me is that correlation describes a statistical relationship.