Eating pickles tells us nothing about behavior.
On the other hand, about 90% of the inmates at SuperMax have used illegal drugs.
About 90% of the guards at SuperMax have not used illegal drugs.
To me, the conclusion is obvious.
If you disagree, I have no idea what else to say.
Basic statistics. I’ll try and break it down for you.
r2 implies correlation. Hence, if I find a ‘positive’ r2 it implies a direct correlation. A ‘negative’ r2 implies an inverse correlation.
Prisoners consuming pickles and who are also sociopaths, if measured, will probably result in a ‘positive’ r2 or a ‘positive correlation’. A reason why eating pickles results in sociopathic behavior.
If we take society as a whole, a lot of the guards at SuperMax have used pot. They have also probably eaten pickles. Now, let’s view this and say that pot may not lead to sociopathic behavior and that eating pickles will NOT result in sociopathic behavior. Hmmmmmmmmmm, perhaps sociopathic behavior may not be caused by eating pickles or smoking pot.
Lots of stat tutorials on line. Simple stuff if you spend a small amount of time trying to understand studies and what an r2 means.
Lies, damn lies, and statistics.