Jamie Daw (@jamie_daw) and Adam Sacarny (@asacarny) are both Assistant Professors in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Mailman School of Public
Recently, Ron Johnson (R) of Wisconsin launched an investigation into whether the Medicaid expansion that was part of Obamacare caused America’s opioid crisis. Healthcare Triage
This is a good day to rerun this, from xkcd.
It is well known that correlation does not prove causation. What is less well known is that causation can exist when correlation is zero. The
(Terms of use.) Regular readers will recall my many posts on correlation and causation.
James Bronzan sent me a follow-up e-mail to my post based on his earlier comment. He agreed to let me quote it: But again, it
In a thought provoking comment to my post Causation without Correlation is Possible James Bronzan wrote To my uneducated eye, I’d say that even though
The following originally appeared on The Upshot (copyright 2019, The New York Times Company) There’s a decent chance you’ll be reading about diet soda studies
The following originally appeared on The Upshot (copyright 2019, The New York Times Company). The idea that legal cannabis can help address the opioid crisis has generated
I was annoyed by much of the media coverage recently on the dangers of marijuana. I was contacted by Benjamin Hansen, W.E. Miner Professor of Economics,
The following originally appeared on The Upshot (copyright 2018, The New York Times Company). It also appeared on page A19 of the May 1, 2018 print edition.
The following originally appeared on The Upshot (copyright 2017, The New York Times Company) and was jointly authored by Aaron Carroll and Austin Frakt. The theory has
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