09 NOV 2015 by ideonexus
Core Elements of Reading Skills
In 2008, the National Institute of Literacy issued its report, Developing Early Literacy: Report of
the National Early Literacy Panel, and, among its many findings, stated that the foundational
reading and writing skills that develop from birth to age five have a clear and consistently strong
relationship with later conventional literacy skills. “These six variables not only correlated with
later literacy as shown by data drawn from multiple studies with large numbers of children, but
also ...03 MAR 2014 by ideonexus
Correlation != Causation; However, It is Often All We Have
> correlation doesn't mean causation.
As a statistician, I guess I should be happy that more people are aware of this. But I also think too many people are taking "correlation != causation" superficially. I mean, almost all of science is based on significant correlational findings, especially when the traditional way to prove causation (i.e. via randomized trial) is unethical (i.e. we can't randomly assign people to be insured vs. uninsured).
Along these lines, I often find people who sa...Examples of when correlation should be taken seriously.