Data Savvy Teacher Podcast

#2 Causation vs Correlation

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We naturally want to know the cause of things, we want to know why things happen and what makes things work or not work. But determining causation is not the same as discovering correlation.  In this episode we'll talk through the differences in these two concepts and why it's important for educators to distinguish between correlation and causation.