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causation

[kaw-zey-shuhn] / kɔˈzeɪ ʃən /






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Within sociology, it meant that any inequality among groups was de facto the result of discrimination, rendering moot other possible theories, Redstone says: “We’re treating questions around causation as settled.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

Correlation doesn’t prove causation, but, wow, the correlation here is striking.

From MarketWatch Jun. 15, 2026

I was careful not to formally assert the level of causation.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 24, 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

A related question is: What is God’s role in causation?

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The city of L.A. has still not declared an emergency regarding our untenable and inhumane homelessness crisis, nor taken significant steps to address the causations.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 1, 2021

Deisseroth says his laboratory research informs the psychiatric patient care that he continues to give, yet many of the landmark studies are about causations and chemical pathways in genetically modified mice, not humans.

From Salon Jul. 27, 2021

Details of the Arizona tragedy will emerge and provide a fuller picture of the factors and causations.

From New York Times Jan. 10, 2011

IN their precise tracings-out and subtile causations, the strongest and fieriest emotions of life defy all analytical insight.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Herman Melville

Chronic Inflammation.—A variety of types of chronic and subacute inflammation are met with which, owing to ignorance of their causations, cannot at present be satisfactorily classified.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson




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