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causation

[kaw-zey-shuhn] / kɔˈzeɪ ʃən /






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While they identified a relationship between food insufficiency and sports gambling, they noted that direct causation for such a large issue is difficult to establish.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

He explained that language emphasizing causation over correlation and other results biases is a problem in scientific research at-large, but in his opinion, this is an egregious example.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

Together, he said, “those studies have indicated that a vast share of the causation of autism can be traced to the effects of genetic influences. That is a fact.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

But the causation may run the other direction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

Since Toynbee’s attempt, worldwide syntheses of historical causation have fallen into disfavor among most historians, as posing an apparently intractable problem.

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




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