There are a lot of SEO studies out there, but not all of them are made equal. Here's how to decide if X is really affected by Y, or merely a coincidence. Every so often the SEO community will erupt ...

With two different risky assets, an investor can minimize total portfolio volatility through the combination of investments with low to negative correlation. In a higher yield environment, 60/40 can ...

Most of us have heard the phrase "correlation does not equal causation." But understanding how scientists move beyond identifying correlations to establish causation remains a mystery to many. Finding ...

After reading Dalton Conley’s piece on recent developments in social-science research (“The Data in Your Lap: How to Interpret Naturally Occurring Experiments,” The Review, December 19), I can only ...

Data professionals everywhere are scrambling to find a sustainable and effective successor to the third-party cookie. Here, for our Deep Dive on Data, Bobby Gray and Aleksandra Semenenko of Drum ...

Statisticians remind us that correlation does not imply causation. While the Dow Jones Average may be inversely correlated with the length of women’s skirts, fashion designers cannot impact the market ...

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 ...

Kovach v. Wheeling & Lake Erie Ry. Co., No. 3:18-CV-02826-JGC, 2021 WL 3774900 (N.D. Ohio Aug. 25, 2021) encourages defense attorneys to challenge experts with tactics other than Daubert, as the court ...