Every Picture Tells a Story: Correlation & Causation

By Chuck Dinerstein, MD, MBA — Sep 19, 2020

Here's another example of the difference between statistical correlation and causation. Maybe it's best to agree on a plausible path of causation before looking for the correlation. That way it avoids fishing expeditions.

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Does eating cheese make someone more likely to die of bedsheet entanglement?

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Chuck Dinerstein, MD, MBA

Director of Medicine

Dr. Charles Dinerstein, M.D., MBA, FACS is Director of Medicine at the American Council on Science and Health. He has over 25 years of experience as a vascular surgeon.