Our foray into causal analysis is not yet complete. Until we define the methods of causal inference, we can't get to the deeper insights that causal analysis can provide. This article details many of ...

This paper describes threats to making valid causal inferences about pandemic impacts on student learning based on cross-year comparisons of average test scores. The paper uses Spring 2021 test score ...

Cognitive function, behavior, and their links to health outcomes are at the forefront of modern neuroscience research. Recent years have seen significant ...

Although it is the goal of most statistical investigation, causal inference has traditionally been ignored by statistical theory. Fortunately, there is now intense activity in a number of fields, ...

We know that correlation does not imply causation, but careful analyses of correlations are often our only way to quantify cause and effect in domains ranging from healthcare to education. This ...

A Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)-led team of scientists and computational engineers has identified several existing medications that ...

Which of temperature or food is more important for the richness of deep-sea animals? Dr Moriaki YASUHARA from the School of Biological Sciences, the Research Division for Ecology & Biodiversity, and ...