Statistical analysis as a way to avoid deterministic thinking

As a researcher, I analyze inequalities in education and the labor market, mainly through statistical analysis.
Consider college enrollment. We can see that people from high-income backgrounds are more likely to go to college. However, this is a stochastic association rather than a deterministic one. Whether people go to college or not is never fully explained by a single factor such as family wealth.
Through the statistical analysis, we can clarify to what extent wealthy people are more likely to go to college or whether factors other than family wealth are more important.
We often think in a deterministic way in our daily lives. But we can gain a better understanding of society by getting familiar with probabilistic inference.