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 ...

Data purists would rap my knuckles for asking this question and reply, "Never". On the other hand, "data sophists" who're accustomed to lying with Big Data in even more crude ways would wonder, “Duh, ...

So you just saw a big jump in your natural search result rankings? Congratulations, that’s great news! But before you start patting yourself on the back for having all your hard SEO work pay off, it’s ...

As most of you are aware, the LSAT is designed to measure skills that are considered essential for success in law school. The three multiple-choice question types on the LSAT are reading comprehension ...

The oft-repeated mantra that correlation does not imply causation is not always effective. The media, the general public, and even scientists themselves, are often guilty of seeing cause-and-effect ...

Here's another example of the difference between statistical correlation and causation. Maybe it's best to agree on a plausible path of causation before looking for the correlation. That way it avoids ...

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 ...

A new study reports that there is an association between HFCS consumption and the incidence of diabetes, but the findings have been dismissed by the Corn Refiners Association. Results published in ...

Here for spreading far and wide is a graphical reminder of the important distinction between correlation and causation. Redditor Jasonp55 writes that he was practicing Graph Pad when he produced the ...