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Johns Hopkins Offers Journalists Training on Causation vs. Correlation
Original: Mastering Causation vs. Correlation: Training for Journalists
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is running a training programme for journalists focused on distinguishing causation from correlation. The course aims to help reporters avoid one of the most common errors in science and health reporting, where statistical associations are wrongly presented as cause-and-effect findings. The initiative reflects ongoing concern about statistical literacy in media coverage of health and research.
Why now: Misinterpreting correlation as causation is a frequent and consequential error in health and science journalism, making targeted training newsworthy.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Healthjournalists
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- Mastering Causation vs. Correlation: Training for Journalists · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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