Ah, but without taking that assumption, most statistical data is meaningless, which could put a whole bunch of "researchers" out of work. "Correlation, causation, they're both big words that start with 'C', they're practically the same, let's just assume they are!"
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That's strange, I did a quick search on Snopes... http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/newcoke.asp
'Correlation does not imply causation.'
Ah, but without taking that assumption, most statistical data is meaningless, which could put a whole bunch of "researchers" out of work. "Correlation, causation, they're both big words that start with 'C', they're practically the same, let's just assume they are!"