Synonyms for cause and effect
cause and ef·fect

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1. domino effect

   one action leads to an event, which then leads to another, and another, etc.

   the words had a domino effect, one of the students realising the answer, and then another, and another...

   Submitted by acronimous on August 17, 2014  

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1. Scott Forseen:

   Common sense tells us that lifting heavy loads, awkward posture, vigorous activity and slips/trips/falls could cause back pain, these scenarios are commonly encountered in everyday experience, making it easier to tie the two together as cause and effect.

2. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   Life is a perpetual instruction in cause and effect.

3. Nancy Cook:

   That means it cannot determine cause and effect, the meta-analyses that the authors cite are also mainly based on observational data. On the other hand, large observational studies sometimes are able to detect effects in some groups or for more rare outcomes that trials are not empowered to see, so these studies are still valuable.

4. Florence Brown:

   But when we see an association between maternal higher (blood sugar) in pregnancy and worse offspring academic achievement we cannot say that there is cause and effect, while the authors try to adjust for the effect of parental education on child educational performance, there may be other factors that influence offspring academic achievement.

5. Sara Imarisio:

   This study does n’t show that hormone therapy causes Alzheimer’s. The researchers did n’t look at whether the participants went on to develop symptoms of dementia and we ca n’t be sure of cause and effect in this kind of research, hormone therapy provides important benefits to many women, helping to combat the symptoms that menopause can bring.