1·Correlation, after all, does not prove causation.
毕竟,相关性并不能证明因果关系。
2·To assess whether the authors claimed any causation, researchers then looked for telltale verbs in each paper's title and abstract, verbs like "enhance", "promote", "facilitate", and "strengthen".
为了评估作者是否声称过任何因果关系,研究人员在每篇论文的标题和摘要中寻找能说明问题的动词,比如“增强”、“促进”、“便利”和“加强”。
3·We should understand causation in terms of one thing bashing into another.
我们应该根据某物对另一物体的撞击来理解因果关系。
4·Of course correlation is not causation.
当然联系不是因果关系。
5·Our analysis can only identify relationships among variables and in no way implies causation.
我们的分析只能识别变量之间的关系,决不意味着因果关系。