2 Responses to “Correlation is in the data, causation is in your head”
kevin denny
05/03/2011 at 12:01 am
Thanks for the link. In your head? Well it that means its all a matter of opinion, I hope not. Causation in the human sciences is a hard problem and one that smarter people than me have struggled with. We do need to be careful about our claims though: people might actually listen to us.
Thanks for the link. In your head? Well it that means its all a matter of opinion, I hope not. Causation in the human sciences is a hard problem and one that smarter people than me have struggled with. We do need to be careful about our claims though: people might actually listen to us.
Kevin, you're so right, but even then: http://billstclair.com/blog/images/pirates.png