Why do reporters (and academics) get correlation backwards so readily? http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2015/02/06/college-freshmen-socialize-less-feel-depressed-more …
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@drethelin I think reporters & academics are under pressure to find surprising (ie wrong) implications. Reversing causality easy method.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
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@drethelin I don't think so, but I'd ask @madhousers directly.
11:41 AM - 16 Feb 2015
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