Correlation vs. Causation

One of the greatest challenges with research is recognizing the differences that exist between correlations and causation. In order to gain some insight into their differences, please watch the following video.

Now that you've gained a little clarity, go out and conduct some of your own research on the topic. Find research in mainstream media, online, or in print, that provides an indication of causation but is, in fact, only correlational. Share the example via picture, link, or upload, and then write to the following:

1. What are the variables being studied/compared?
2. What implications were drawn about the variables?
3. What evidence led you to conclude that the research was correlational instead of causational? 
4. Could the evidence potentially lead to causation? Explain your reasoning. 

As you complete this assignment, keep in mind that you should be evaluating your source information. Therefore, your responses should include evaluative properties such as those noted by this student's submission: 

Men are more suicidal than women.

The variables being studied in this article are the male suicide rates vs female suicide rates.  The conclusion that was drawn by this article was that males are more likely to commit suicide than females.  What lead me to believe that this article was correlational instead of causational is that it was only focusing on the fatal suicides.  Factors that were not being included were women make three times as many suicide attempts as men.  The methods which women choose to carry out their attempts also differ from the methods preferred by men.  Adding these factors into the research along with  research on mental disorders such as depression could help us to get a better overall picture of the suicide risks between the opposite sexes. 

In contrast, you want to avoid using sources that explicitly identify the correlation or causation for you such as in this student's submission: