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.
Guess I’m not smart enough to understand.
But, thanks for trying.