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Why data don’t have all the answers with data scientist Andrea Jones-Rooy

ReThinking

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Is Correlation a Causation?

Sally Kohn: I've started noticing telltale signs that people don't understand the scientific method. She says sometimes a correlation does mean causation and you can't just debunk a study or a body of evidence just because you don't think it means anything. Kohn: Science is like stand up comedy where we say, I think this might be an interesting thing. And then it's very funny. Hopefully it can be not funny at all. Right? So going back to this point you made about science kind of delivering a naha as opposed to just having a headline. Agreed.

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