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The two uses of data the guide names
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Finding trends, patterns, connections and links; and collecting measurable facts about people and communities.
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Link vs cause
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A link means two things move together. A cause means changing one changes the other — which needs a controlled test, not a chart.
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Why is acting on a link dangerous?
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The pattern is real, so the system looks right, while the reason behind it may not exist at all.
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A case where a pattern repeated the past
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Amazon’s scrapped CV tool learned from a decade of mostly male applications and downgraded CVs containing “women’s” (reported 2018).
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