Eli5: What is the difference between correlation and causation

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Eli5: What is the difference between correlation and causation

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Correlation means two things have been observed to occur together.

This may mean one is causing the other, but there may also be some third factor causing them both, or it’s simply coincidence.

Causation means that the causative link has been established – one thing is definitely causing the other.

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