cause and effect

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However, observational data alone cannot prove cause and effect.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

Because the study was observational, it cannot prove cause and effect.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

This research is observational, which means it cannot prove cause and effect.

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

The Nobel laureate’s work transformed how central banks understand cause and effect in the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

But the correlations do not tell us precisely how population variables function in a chain of cause and effect whose outcome is a complex society.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond