The final outcome is represented on the far right of the diagram, with causes branching out toward the left. Such diagrams help managers determine where to focus to correct a problem whose cause ...

Recession The first-half recession and its jittery aftermath was a basic cause of Republican defeat, especially in such still-troubled spots as West Virginia, Michigan, Ohio and Indiana.

During his Ph.D. studies at Harvard, Geldsetzer had taken classes in econometrics — a field that has become focused on building sophisticated statistical techniques to decipher cause and effect ...