American English pronunciation
How to pronounce causation
IPA transcription: [,kɔ'zeɪʃən]
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Noun
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the act of causing something to happen
Usage examples
- The methodology meant that drawing firm conclusions was unwise with correlation not implying causation.
- Sociologists use the related pair of terms "proximal causation" and "distal causation.
- Epidemiological studies show association not causation.
- It did, however, require direct causation.
- Correlation does not equals causation.