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How do you establish causation when you can't run an experiment?

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You observe that users who interact with feature X retain at 2x the rate of users who don't. A PM wants to conclude feature X drives retention. Why might that conclusion be wrong, and what would you do to get closer to a causal answer if running an A/B test isn't possible?

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