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correlation

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


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But part of the close correlation is simply a factor of market sentiment.

From MarketWatch Sep. 1, 2026

A spokesperson added: "There is a direct correlation between hospital handover delays and our ability to get to patients in the community quickly."

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

But worry not, even a viewer who doesn’t know who Blanchard is can surmise this correlation to the bigger picture thanks to Schoenbrun quite literally spelling it out for us.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2026

There is very little correlation between what any valuation metric reads at any point in time and what subsequent one-year market performance is.

From MarketWatch Aug. 17, 2026

The correlation is probably explained by the relative wealth of these societies, bringing about both increased milk consumption and more cancer due to greater longevity.

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

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

It is designed to identify correlations in where and when the photons appear, allowing it to reconstruct the original particle interaction.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

Right now, the market has a low level of implied correlations as measured by the three-month implied correlation index, which is currently below 10.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

So if you just look at raw correlations between police and crime, you will find that when there are more police, there tends to be more crime.

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




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