correlation

I what some people here seemed to be missing, is this correlation isn't just lead was removed from the environment and 23 years later crime went down.

You'll see that there's definitely a correlation between the moment that HN mods change the title and the post dropping off the top frontpage spot.

This thought: Further, I think its reasonable to assume a correlation between private use & public use kills the whole article.

There is a strong correlation between "number of levels of deepness understood" and "programming prowess".6.

But I also think too many people are taking "correlation != causation" superficially.

It's an example of not knowing the difference between causation, correlation and coincidence.

* Second, an idea or early prototype has little correlation to its inevitable success or failure.

It's so fantastically swamped with money that they can pretty much run it any old how and still be "successful".There's a mixup in correlation and causation here.

From that blog post from two years ago: "One of the most interesting findings from our 2011 Ranking Factors analysis was the high correlation between Facebook shares and Google US search position.

"One way to confirm or deny this hypothesis would be to look at companies that previously were high-performing, and then see what the correlation between CEO pay and the change in market performance is within that group.

Pointing out that correlation does not equal causation is the very first most obvious criticism to make of a finding, but don't sail in with that criticism until you've made sure that causation wasn't actually suggested by legitimate research.