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@TECHREPORT{Elliott:2023,
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AUTHOR = {Timo Elliott},
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TITLE = {Every Single Person Who Confuses Correlation and Causation Ends Up Dying},
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INSTITUTION = {TimoElliott.com},
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YEAR = {2023},
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type = {Cartoon},
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month = {October},
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url = {https://i0.wp.com/timoelliott.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/every-single-person-who-confuses-correlation-and-causation-ends-up-dying.jpg},
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}
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@ARTICLE{EvansPhillips:2017,
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AUTHOR = {Richard W. Evans and Kerk L. Phillips},
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TITLE = {Advantages of an Ellipse when Modeling Leisure Utility},

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## Correlation versus Causation
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```{figure} ../../../images/basic_empirics/basic_empirics/CorrVsCaus.png
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Correlation versus causation comic by {cite}`Elliott:2023`.
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What is the difference between correlation and causation?
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* What are some examples of things that are correlated but do not "cause" each other?
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