correlation

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A "huge amount" of observational research, often based on surveys, has tracked a correlation between teen tech use and worse mental health, she told AFP.

From Barron's

This inverse correlation is illustrated in the chart above.

From MarketWatch

In other words, correlation is not the same as causation.

From MarketWatch

But the good news for stocks is that “historically, profit margins have shown a strong positive correlation with fiscal deficits, with a roughly one-year lead — higher deficits tend to precede higher margins,” they say.

From MarketWatch

Lately, though, the conventional wisdom has been challenged, and for good reason: Independent, peer-reviewed research has found no correlation—let alone causation—between diversity and performance.

From The Wall Street Journal