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[{$pagename}] ([Latin]:[cum hoc ergo propter hoc]) is a [fallacy] that one [variable] or [event]  [causes|causation] the other


In statistics, many statistical tests calculate [correlation]s between [variables] and when two [variables] are found to be correlated, it is tempting to assume that this shows that one [variable] causes the other.

That "[correlation] proves [causation]," is considered a questionable cause logical [fallacy] when two events occurring together are taken to have established a cause-and-effect [relationship]. This [fallacy] is also known as [cum hoc ergo propter hoc], [Latin] for "with this, therefore because of this," and "false cause." \\
A similar [fallacy], that an event that followed another was necessarily a consequence of the first event, is the [post hoc ergo propter hoc] ([Latin] for "after this, therefore because of this.") [fallacy].


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