cause and effect
Example Sentences
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The researchers caution that the study found correlations and cannot establish cause and effect.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
Most of the studies the authors analyzed are observational and can’t prove cause and effect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
It does not establish direct cause and effect in people or prove that drinking coffee prevents disease.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
The original 2023 study was small and correlational, so it cannot show cause and effect.
From Science Daily ● May 31, 2026
We are, as humans, heavily socialized to make a kind of rough approximation between cause and effect.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
