positive relation

collocation in English

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positive
adjective
uk
/ˈpɒz.ə.tɪv/us
/ˈpɑː.zə.t̬ɪv/
full of hope and confidence, or giving cause for hope ...
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relation
noun
uk
/rɪˈleɪ.ʃən/us
/rɪˈleɪ.ʃən/
the way in which two people or groups of people feel and behave towards ...
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Therefore, we should observe apositiverelationbetween volume and volatility in this economy.
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There is apositiverelationbetween the likelihood of actual aggression and its imminence.
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The empirical literature finds apositiverelationbetween pension funds and stock market development.
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In the first period thepositiverelationis demonstrated with highly significant coefficients.
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Accordingly, apositiverelationbetween income and fertility level is postulated.
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There is now apositiverelationwith saturation deficit and sunshine, and negative with rainfall.
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In sum, the current literature suggests apositiverelationbetween pension fund growth and financial development.
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There have been a number of potentially compatible explanations proposed for thispositiverelationbetween secure attachment and social understanding.
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The result of the multiple regression analysis shows apositiverelationbetween individuals' financial wealth and an active investment decision.
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Moreover, apositiverelationbetween intensity of infection and niche size is expected to limit interspecific competition.
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For the bond assets, most of the forecastability is from thepositiverelationwith the maturity spread.
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There is a statistically significantpositiverelationbetween the proportional fixed income investment and the average age (significant at the 5% level).
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A trend was also found for parents of treatment children to note a lesspositiverelationbetween peer problems and depression.
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Therefore, an intermittent reinforcement schedule used in training may be critical to apositiverelation between resistance to extinction and amount of training reinforcement.
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Overall, findings supported apositiverelationbetween these types of peer victimization and drug use, and gender differences were revealed that deserve further consideration.
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She also found apositiverelationbetween lexical development and caregiver input in the toy play context (but not in the non-toy play context).
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That is, we may have the counter-intuitive,positiverelationbetween money growth and real growth, even if determinacy is satisfied around the balanced-growth path.
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If we find no evidence of apositiverelationbetween pension funds and stock markets development, then we should probably rule out the corporate governance channel as well.
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Epidemiological studies of elderly populations have demonstrated apositiverelationbetween constipation and a low calorie diet or eating one, in comparison to three, meals a day.
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As in other samples, these data suggest that there is apositiverelationbetween age and depressive symptoms in adolescent girls from ages 11 to 18.
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On the other hand, finding apositiverelationbetween pension funds and stock markets development would allow us to be more optimistic about the existence of the corporate governance channel.
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Whereas in the simulated data, no significant relation between volume and return autocorrelation can be found, there is a significantlypositiverelationbetween volume and one-step-ahead stock return volatility.
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This may also explain thepositiverelationwith equity share.
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Hence, there is a clearpositiverelationbetween income and an active investment decision.
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