correlation

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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

When I point out this apparent correlation to Panella, he tells me he sees it all the time.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

He found the inverse correlation between rates and stocks is deeply negative at negative 0.5 — and the market’s rate sensitivity is as high as it’s been in several years.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

However, the researchers note that the findings show a correlation, not cause and effect, and that factors like motivation or self-discipline may also influence outcomes.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

There is a small negative correlation between death rates per thousand people in various regions of the country and divorce rates per thousand marriages in the same regions.

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