correlation
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In the former case, there is a strong positive correlation, which is hardly surprising.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026
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
Five of them have a strong positive correlation to the ultimate sale price, and five have a strong negative correlation.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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