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correlation

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


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And true to that name, my job at the Kennedy Center was to investigate the correlation between the arts economy and the economy of civic aspiration.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Researchers throughout the United States widely regard the Nova system when studying the correlation between the prolonged consumption of ultraprocessed foods and resulting health implications because the U.S. doesn’t have a definition of its own.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

In part, that is because self-reported sleep measures often show poor correlation with objective assessments, making it difficult to capture real-world sleep patterns.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

Not only has private equity lagged the S&P 500 in recent years, its correlation with public markets is very high.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

A regression analysis can demonstrate correlation, but it doesn’t prove cause.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

It provides a unified—and somewhat badass—identity for a confusing set of weather correlations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

But Mitchell wants you to make those correlations, too.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

But SpaceX’s stock actually has “almost no relationship” to Big Tech, according to DataTrek, which cited the 30-day trailing correlations of various stocks.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

The team also found that the photons displayed correlations that violate Bell's inequality.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026

Fancy mathematical terms and reams of statistical correlations and computer printouts do not in themselves produce understanding, social scientists’ claims notwithstanding.

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




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