correlation
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We found across a large sample of competing schools that the correlation between entrance-exam scores and graduation rates was more than double that for any other admission requirement, including high-school GPAs and class standing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
But over the short and even intermediate terms, lasting not just several years but decades, gold’s correlation to inflation is unstable.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
The two-year Treasury yield, considered more sensitive to Fed policy, rose to 4.135% from 4.043% after the stronger-than-expected U.S. labor report, breaking the recent correlation between yields-dollar and oil prices.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
In addition, the oil-yield correlation has gradually weakened over the course of this month.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
From a historical perspective, however, the lack of correlation between crime and punishment is nothing new.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing correlation
100 SAT words Beginning with "C"
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