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Re:School Attendance (9th grade) Predicts Graduation by hugh3 on Monday July 19, 2010 @01:47PM (#1529477)
Somebody's Third Law: the comments on any study of anything will inevitably contain some guy reminding the world that "correlation != causation".

This will happen whether the study actually asserts some kind of causal link or not. In this case, it doesn't.

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Re:School Attendance (9th grade) Predicts Graduation by Rhapso on Monday July 19, 2010 @02:28PM (#1529644)
Just because "correlation != causation" comments correlate with studies, does not mean idiots like me cause them. I pose that it is the fault of the Study, and not the crazy person on the other end of this keyboard.
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