Ruchir Sharma (Opinion, November 8) is half right in saying that gross domestic product correlates with some measures of the quality of life. But he is wrong in confusing correlation with causation.

I think every reasonable citizen of Butte County supports the original rental price gouging executive order post Camp Fire, as well as understanding that, at some point, this would unwind. The Butte ...

Your Thursday editorial, “Exacerbating a shortage,” did not offer a better path forward. Rather than a semester-long class on “family engagement” for teachers, why not fund and create a college-level ...

Hmmmm, in two different stories, we read how higher-income Oregonians are fleeing to Clark County, then another on how homelessness is up 30 percent. My head says, “It is just correlation, Troy. Two ...

The Dec. 17 Tulsa World Local section had two headings: "Shootings by police increased this year" and "Tulsa crime rate lower than in 2011." There is a correlation. It is interesting this was ...

Violent crimes have a correlation with drugs and alcohol. Alcohol is involved in 40-60 percent of domestic abuse. More than half of individuals who abuse elderly parents are dependent on drugs and ...

Experts are warning that Social Security is heading toward a fiscal catastrophe. Without reform millions will lose benefits in the next decade. To me the answer is simple: Put Congress on our plan, ...

Linda Geddes writes that around 50 per cent of the difference in intelligence between people is due to genetics (21 July, p 33). There is certainly a correlation, but correlation does not necessarily ...

Last week's letter about gun violence in Chicago was a perfect example of taking two facts and drawing a conclusion that may or may not be correct. In this case; if A is true and B is true then there ...