
Some events always proceed other events even if they don't have a causal relationship. An Example would be how a rooster crow proceeds the sunrise everyday but doesn’t cause the sun to rise.

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Temporal relationship may be the only criterion that epidemiologists generally agree is necessary for causal inference. The cause should be followed by the effect. “Hill explained that for an exposure-disease relationship to be causal, exposure must precede the onset of disease. Thus, epidemiologic study designs which ensure a temporal progression between the two measures are more persuasive in causal inference”. 

Criteria 4: Temporal relationship

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