<p>I want to ask a question with the title <strong>Is there a canonical example demonstrating the difference between predictive and explanatory models?</strong></p>

<p>I have ideas about the body of this question, with some references, but have not yet written it, although I think the title gets at the meat of it. However, I notice that we have neither an <code>[example]</code> tag, nor a <code>[pedagogy]</code> tag which makes me wonder if this kind of question might be appropriate, or if it would be too broad or too subjective a question.</p>

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<p>PS I would welcome references which you think might be useful for me to look at on the topic of my intended question posted as comments. :)</p>
