There's no causal link between taking acetaminophen and autism in an offspring, yet some studies point to a correlation. What does that mean? And who should parents listen to?

We’ve all been told that correlation does not imply causation. Yet many business leaders, elected officials, and media outlets still make causal claims based on misleading correlations. These claims ...

A comment posted by a reader on a recent post reprimanded me for suggesting that marijuana caused relationships to go bad. In this instance the reader was mistaken, as I had specifically used the word ...

I usually focus on something a subset of the population gets wrong, so the rest of us can feel smart, but this week, I’m ...

Traditional portfolios have faced several challenges in the last few years as risk factors grow in markets. Perhaps the largest and most overlooked risk to the 60/40 portfolio in a changing market ...

Like many people in this day of the marijuana legalization movement, your reporters seem to have difficulty in differentiating causation from correlation. The Herald (July 21) reports that, “If proven ...