Science news articles about 'causal inference'

... Dr. Kramer. "While most studies have been based on association, however, we can now make a causal inference between breastfeeding and intelligence – because of the randomized design of our study.”

... of the changes to dental practice occurred before 1998 and advise some caution in drawing causal inferences from the data. They add: “We believe that a doubling in a preventable condition that can ...

Not 10 years ago, most doctors agreed that estrogen supplements for post-menopausal women reduced the risk of heart attacks. Millions were paying extravagantly for “hormone replacement therapy”, and ...

... According to Strayhorn, "Our findings by themselves do not, of course, permit causal inferences. But, if we may speculate on the most probable explanation, we conjecture that religious communities in ...