correlation
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That’s in part because there is a strong correlation between wealth and longevity in America.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
“Whenever growth is this fast, there’s got to be some strong positive correlation between SG&A and revenue,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Meanwhile, so far this month as the SMH pulled back, the correlation between the ETF and its volatility index has swung to minus 0.78 through Tuesday, meaning volatility increased as prices fell.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
It was Prof Sheryl van Nunen who discovered the link between MMA and ticks almost 20 years ago, after noticing a correlation in patients at her Sydney allergy clinic.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
But, alas, there is no correlation between the date of one’s birth and scores on any standard personality test.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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The team also found that the photons displayed correlations that violate Bell's inequality.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
It is designed to identify correlations in where and when the photons appear, allowing it to reconstruct the original particle interaction.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
One gauge is pointing to low stock-market correlations, with the Cboe 1-Month Implied Correlation Index approaching levels last seen two years ago.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 5, 2026
His comment about historically low correlations was misattributed to Stifel’s Thomas Carroll.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
Studies reporting small nonzero correlations are often merely reporting chance fluctuations, and are about as meaningful as a coin being flipped fifty times and not coming up heads half the time.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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