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Explanation of observational data engenders a causal belief about smoking and cancer

Most researchers do not deliberately claim causal results in an observational study. But do we lead our readers to draw a causal conclusion unintentionally by explaining why significant correlations and relationships may exist? Here we perform a randomized controlled experiment in a massive open onl...

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Autores principales: Myint, Leslie, Leek, Jeffrey T., Jager, Leah R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6139016/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30225177
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5597