Looks like the confusion between correlation and causation is one - TopicsExpress



          

Looks like the confusion between correlation and causation is one of bad reporting. From the Science article itself (page 2): Reliably measuring an effect of climatic conditions on human conflict is complicated by the inherent complexity of social systems. In particular, a central concern is whether statistical relationships can be interpreted causally or if they are confounded by omitted variables. To address this concern, we restrict our attention to studies with research designs that are a scientific experiment or that approximate one...
Posted on: Sat, 03 Aug 2013 20:49:21 +0000

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