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Correlation without Direct Causation • Sometimes one variable is directly related causally to another. But sometimes the causation is via some other link - Ice cream sales and the number of shark attacks on swimmers are correlated - SAT scores and college grades are correlated - Skirt lengths and stock prices are highly correlated (as stock prices go up, skirt lengths get shorter) - The number of cavities in elementary school children and vocabulary size have a strong positive correlation
• • - accident-prone drivers prefer red - people become more aggressive when driving red - more dangerous cars tend to be painted red (sports - the color red is harder to see and is more likely to When causation is suspected Driving red cars is positively correlated with having traffic accidents Why? Several possible causal scenarios cars cars) be involved in a 2-car accident
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Page 9 and 10: The Logic of Causal Research • To
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Page 13 and 14: Describe what you see
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Page 17 and 18: The value of sufficient causes •
Page 19 and 20: The difficulty with sufficient caus
Page 21 and 22: For want of a... • For want of a
Page 23 and 24: The difficulty with necessary cause
Page 25 and 26: Clicker question 2 Putting a jar ov
Page 27 and 28: Partial or contributory causes •
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