cause and effect

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However, observational data alone cannot prove cause and effect.

From Science Daily • May 6, 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 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

Another challenge is the need for larger patient groups and long term studies to determine cause and effect and to clarify how dysfunction in tanycytes may lead to tau buildup.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

If Tamika could have such a violent stomach-churning reaction, then maybe, just maybe, Fig had suffered the same cause and effect.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas