Showing posts with label causation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label causation. Show all posts
Sunday, July 17, 2011

Correlation Resources: SPSS, R, Causality, Interpretation, and APA Style Reporting

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This post provides links to a range of resources related to the use and interpretation of correlations. I wanted to provide a page with link...
Friday, March 26, 2010

Causal Inference from Aggregate Data: The Facebook Syphilis Case Study

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The Age has an article on the reported connection between using Facebook and Syphilis that is doing the rounds on the Internet. While the...
Friday, October 30, 2009

How to Reason about Causes in Psychology | When does Correlation Co-occur with Causation?

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This post is on causal inference. Errors in causal inference in the social and behavioural sciences are prevalent both in the scientific lit...
Friday, September 25, 2009

Spanking Lowers Child IQ | Correlation is not Causation

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As I was waiting for a coffee this morning, I had a cursory glance at the paper and found The Herald Sun reporting on a study stating that:...
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Causality and Mediation Analysis

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This post discusses issues with causal inference in mediation analysis. It proposes a set of steps that researchers can use when analysing a...
Friday, November 7, 2008

Getting Started with Mediation and Moderation: SPSS and R Resources

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The following post sets out resources for getting started with mediation and moderation analysis.