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Correlation and Causation: A Comment
- Perspectives in Biology and Medicine
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 48, Number 1, Winter 2005
- pp. 88-S94
- 10.1353/pbm.2005.0031
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Some purely methodological comments are made on the pitfalls and difficulties in making causal inferences from observational data, including in studies of disparity in medicine. The ideas of spurious correlation and measurement error are discussed with an eye towards their impact upon inferences about causality, and cautions are offered about over-reliance upon testing hypotheses.