correlation

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The 63 trading day, or three month, rolling correlation on Friday reached negative 0.67, which is the most negative value since Nov. 5, 1996.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

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

Over rolling five-year periods since 1968, the correlation coefficient between monthly changes in gold and the GPR has varied from a low of minus 0.28 to a high of plus 0.33.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

“There is a very, very clear correlation between housing costs and homelessness, and that does not mean that drugs are not a factor. They absolutely are a factor.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

There is a small negative correlation between death rates per thousand people in various regions of the country and divorce rates per thousand marriages in the same regions.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos