cause and effect

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Because this kind of study can show an association but cannot prove cause and effect, the takeaway is not that B12 is dangerous.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

Their results showed a direct cause and effect link between faulty mitochondrial activity and cognitive symptoms associated with neurodegenerative disease.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026

But 34 years later, Sims and Sargent would share in the 2011 economics Nobel for “for their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

But this is, at least in part, a confusion of cause and effect.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan