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Re:Evidence that parasite prevalence predicts authoritariani... by chipperyman573 on Sunday March 15, 2020 @01:53PM (#22585127)
It's not a direct synonym but it's also where my mind went after reading the title
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Re:Evidence that parasite prevalence predicts authoritariani... by alxlaz on Sunday March 15, 2020 @02:05PM (#22585271)
So what other word would you have used for an article about a statistical prediction? This is a scientific text, "to predict" has a well-understood meaning within the field of statistics and it's not a synonym for "causes".
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Re:Evidence that parasite prevalence predicts authoritariani... by dwaltrip on Sunday March 15, 2020 @02:20PM (#22585409)
Does "correlate" or "correlation" work? Confession: I didn't read the article.
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Re:Evidence that parasite prevalence predicts authoritariani... by karpierz on Sunday March 15, 2020 @02:21PM (#22585415)
"correlates"
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Re:Evidence that parasite prevalence predicts authoritariani... by rhn_mk1 on Sunday March 15, 2020 @02:33PM (#22585524)
Correlation is a symmetrical relationship between two properties, prediction is not.
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