One of the themes in my daily life is that I closely examine whether what I see happen is actually happening, by examining how I draw conclusions. One of the biggies is; did something cause something else just because one followed the other, or happened at the same time?
In this post, the author Mark Crislip discusses how medical doctors can try and reason this out when diagnosing patients. Fascinating read, if a bit long.. so skim through if you like.
The author draws much from the 1965 paper by Austin Bradford Hill, “The Environment and Disease: Association or Causation?”
Association is a much better word to use than what rhetoricians are used to with Correlation, and I think I may adopt it.
You can also check out my post on Debugging for Medical Doctors.
Friday, January 8, 2010
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