Alternatively, the relationship between these things could just be correlational — meaning that one doesn't cause the other.

或者，这些事物之间的关系可能只是相关——这意味着一个事物不会导致另一个事物。

My colleagues and I have conducted correlational, longitudinal, and experimental research with nearly 100,000 working adults from all over the world.

我和我的同事对来自世界各地的近 100,000 名在职成年人进行了相关、纵向和实验研究。

They argued that her causal-sounding claims rested on correlational data, and that she had not adequately accounted for other potential causal factors.

他们争辩说， 她听起来因果关系的说法是基于相关数据，并且她没有充分考虑其他潜在的因果因素。

As she points out, this study " is correlational." That means we don't know if playing games caused the effects that were seen.

正如她指出的那样，这项研究“是相关的”。这意味着我们不知道玩游戏是否会造成所看到的影响。

Many people, though, assumed that these results meant that reducing fat intake would protect people against coronary artery disease—which is not something a correlational study can actually show.

减少脂肪的摄入可能会使人们免于冠心病，那不是一个相关性研究能肯定的。