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Causation

[kaw-zey-shuhn]

noun

the action of causing or producing.

the relation of cause to effect; causality.

anything that produces an effect; cause.

Origin:
1640–50; < Medieval Latin causātiōn- (stem of causātiō), equivalent to causāt(us) (past participle of causāre to cause) (Latin caus(a) cause + -ātus -ate¹) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms

cau·sa·tion·al, adjective

non·cau·sa·tion, noun

Can be confused: casualty, causality, causation, cause (see synonym note at cause).

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The parties looked at all the information related to causation.

Only that kind of experiment, he says, can suggest anything definitive about causation.

What is more, the direction of causation is not always clear.

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The parties looked at all the information related to causation.

Only that kind of experiment, he says, can suggest anything definitive about causation.

What is more, the direction of causation is not always clear.

Harmon seems almost to purposely blur the distinction between causation and correlation.

It's rare in science and science writing to make definitive statements, particularly about causation.

Of course, as anyone with any exposure to statistics knows, correlation is not causation.

In practice, however, it is difficult to pinpoint the right direction of causation.

Causation is nearly as nettlesome a problem as contingency.

The researchers have confused correlation with causation.

Correlation and causation are not necessarily the same.

Searching for single-factor causation is a waste of time.

It's a confusion in categories that betrays a breakdown in logic which has confused issues of causation.

Even if the correlation were not spurious, it would be difficult to know which way causation ran.

The article implies there is causation but in truth this might be coincidence.

As always, though, correlation doesn't necessarily mean causation.

As a rule, whenever causation becomes murky, look earlier in the process or event.

The correlations seem robust, as does the direction of causation.

Too often, consequence is left to imply causation in medical studies.

It's a good old correlation does not equal causation.

Let me introduce you to a basic principle: correlation does not equal causation.

As every science student is taught from the beginning, correlation is not causation.

John, you may be a lawyer for knowing that causation and correlation are two separate concepts.

As others have pointed out coloration does not equal causation.

There's also a problem of correlation vs causation with his argument.

However readers, please don't mistake causation for correlation.

Of course this study finding shows correlation not causation.

In every pandemic, the chain of causation is intricate.

Humans are capable of only making observations, so true causation is unknowable.

In epidemiological mathematics correlation does not mean causation.

But a growing body of evidence suggests that any advantages from marriage are more a result of selection than causation.

It's typically deployed by those who cannot get causation right in their metaphors, much less their arguments.

Even if your claim is true, correlation is not causation.

Even under no-fault medical malpractice provisions, causation would have to be determined.

Establishing a statistical link between low wages and corruption does not show which way causation flows.

Even if causation was unproven, any sane person would recommend to all parents that children be provided with a high-protein diet.

But one has to wonder whether that's the proper causation.

ID proves scientifically and mathematically that there is an intelligent causation to life and evolution.

It certainly correlates with the emergence of the web, though whether the correlation reflects causation is unproven.

Causation and purpose are not rational subjects, neither is who what when where or why.

First, it is difficult to determine causation when studying debt/growth dynamics.

Teasing out the causation takes more effort than making a cute map.

Causation v correlation means that this graph is, essentially, meaningless.

In short, nothing is so simple or single dimensional as concluding causation behind a manager/company's style.

But such links do not tell you anything about causation.

We need to be careful and not to equate correlation with causation.

Mullen said it was difficult to establish patterns of causation based on the study's findings.

But where there is correlation, questions about causation are reasonable.

Walker said, carefully adding that the case for such causation is so far unproven.

Civilization should correlate with global warming, but the direction of causation should be from climate to civilization.

As many comments above pointed out there is problem with causation here.

The causation may run the other way: minority politicians may win election when race relations are good.

As with total running yards, the direction of causation can go both ways.

He violates the basic rule of research that correlation is not the same thing as causation.

It gives quite interesting statistics, and is careful to not mix up causation and correlation.

So the advances in research are going in two directions, as far as causation.

In short, causation is not proven by eradication and normalization of disease pathology.

Kansas has redefined science entirely to include supernatural causation.

But remember, as always, correlation is not necessarily causation.

Politicians will argue furiously about which way round the arrow of causation ought to run.

In drawing up guidelines for damages, the main issue is causation.

But intervening in a process can provide evidence of causation.

It's important to note that the results here show correlation and don't establish causation.

Another poor medical article confusing correlation with causation.

Only gradually does counterevidence emerge, showing that the initial correlation stemmed not from causation but coincidence.

Correlation is certainly not causation on an individual level.

All it has is a claim that false consensus about correlation is adequate to show causation.

It is a correlation does not equal causation problem.

As usual, the press neglects to mention the possibility of reverse causation.

Second, don't confuse correlation in time with causation.

But real causation lies in the reluctance of societies from top to bottom to take a recession if they don't have.

If it's genuinely federalist, he deserves some credit for reasoning out a subtle but credible causation.

He believes that mystical forces that only he sees are the true causation of everything in the physical world.

It strikes me that people generally mix up correlation and causation in those studies.

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World English Dictionary

causation (kɔːˈzeɪʃən)

—n
1.	the act or fact of causing; the production of an effect by a cause
2.	the relationship of cause and effect

cau'sational

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

causation

1646, from L. causationem "excuse, pretext," in M.L. "action of causing," from causa (see cause).

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"A CAUSE is an object precedent and contiguous to another, and so united with it that the idea of the one determines the mind to form the idea of the other, and the impression of the one to form a more lively idea of the other."

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