The Idea What goes together doesn't have to be caused by one another. Graphs of different trends combined into one visual can be a powerful tool to spread a message of "this causes that" — and as such, correlations are often being used in the news, in business and elsewhere to make explicit or implicit statements about cause-and-effect relationships.
Correlation vs. Causation
Correlation vs. Causation
Correlation vs. Causation
The Idea What goes together doesn't have to be caused by one another. Graphs of different trends combined into one visual can be a powerful tool to spread a message of "this causes that" — and as such, correlations are often being used in the news, in business and elsewhere to make explicit or implicit statements about cause-and-effect relationships.