correlation

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Abigail Dow, an applied microeconomist and PhD candidate in economics at Boston University, underscored the correlation between childcare costs and people’s decisions to have children in a recent research paper.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026

In the film, the temporal correlation between increased use of plastics and decreasing sperm count is presented as causative.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

In a 2024 paper, Jeremiah Green of Texas A&M University and John Hand of the University of North Carolina sought to replicate McKinsey’s results and found no correlation between diversity and financial performance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

But there might be another, less promising explanation, according to Krinsky: The correlation between bitcoin and software stocks may simply be starting to break down.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

Obsessive parents might find this lack of correlation bothersome—what was the point of all those Mommy and Me classes?—but that is what the data tell us.

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