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mrtksn on Feb 23, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Misleading Graph Generator

I would not go into lengths to call correlation an evidence. It can be taken as a clue for further investigation because it also does not deny causation.

TeMPOraL on Feb 23, 2014 [–]

It is evidence for causation, in the Bayesian statistics meaning of "evidence". The first article I linked explains the process in detail.

mrtksn on Feb 23, 2014 | [–]

Thank you for the links.

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