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correlation

[kawr-uh-ley-shuhn, kor-] / ˌkɔr əˈleɪ ʃən, ˌkɒr- /


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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

For Ibrahim, this correlation signifies that the source of interest in copper is its long-term potential in the AI industry.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

The researchers documented a strong correlation between financial literacy and financial well-being.

From MarketWatch Jul. 8, 2026

The results revealed no significant correlation between activity in the two cell populations.

From Science Daily Jul. 1, 2026

Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s judged the pools of triple-B-rated bonds to have a correlation of around 30 percent, which did not mean anything like what it sounds.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Existing studies show correlations rather than proof that altered creatine metabolism directly causes depression, and the disorder itself involves many biological pathways.

From Science Daily Jun. 30, 2026

His comment about historically low correlations was misattributed to Stifel’s Thomas Carroll.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

“It strains credulity,” Lee ruled, “to suggest that these correlations are mere coincidence and the product of individual human selections.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

"These correlations with temperature begin to give a sense for how much melt or snowline retreat we can anticipate under future, warmer climates across the region," Wells said.

From Science Daily Jun. 12, 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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