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Correlation implies association, but not causation. Conversely, causation implies association, but not correlation.
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- Naomi Altman is a Professor of Statistics at The Pennsylvania State University.,
Naomi Altman - Martin Krzywinski is a staff scientist at Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre.,
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- Martin Krzywinski
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Altman, N., Krzywinski, M. Association, correlation and causation.Nat Methods 12, 899–900 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.3587
- Published: 29 September 2015
- Issue date: October 2015
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.3587