statistical correlation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstatisticalandcorrelation
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statistical
adjective
uk/stəˈtɪs.tɪ.kəl/us/stəˈtɪs.tɪ.kəl/
relating ...
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correlation
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌkɒr.əˈleɪ.ʃən/us/ˌkɔːr.əˈleɪ.ʃən/
a connection or relationship between two or more facts, ...
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(Definition ofstatisticalandcorrelationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The resulting trees were compared via their correlation coefficients, which measure thestatisticalcorrelation between the actual and predicted expression level values.
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In general, significantstatisticalcorrelationdoes not indicate direct causality between the two variables.
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Because there was little variance in scores for the younger group, there cannot be astatisticalcorrelationbetween the two scores.
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Such behaviors are unethical because (even if they are borne out bystatisticalcorrelation), they do not portray the reasons why this is the case.
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The latter risks overestimating the differences involved and therefore making a slightly ambiguousstatisticalcorrelationappear to be clear and dramatic.
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The source of this anomaly lies, of course, in thestatisticalcorrelationbetween the relevant factor of preference for health and the irrelevant factor of exposure.
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The total drawn from the agricultural class (fewer than 3,000), in particular, bore littlestatisticalcorrelationto the peasantry which made up around 85 per cent of the tsarist empire.
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There is no directstatisticalcorrelationbetween the figures of orders placed and the figure of dwellings started.
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I understand that astatisticalcorrelationbetween smoking and coronary thrombosis has been suggested but not so far established.
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I know something of the weakness ofstatisticalcorrelation.
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That has happened, it is true, in the last few years, but nobody who knows the facts attributes thestatisticalcorrelationto cause and effect.
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They make it seem a consequence of original sin, and they ignore thestatisticalcorrelationbetween increases in youth unemployment and increases in crime.
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I have been unable to find thatstatisticalcorrelation.
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Astatisticalcorrelationin itself does not prove anything, but this was evidence of a different type which seemed to confirm the risk factor studies.
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As a result, with consensus and consultation, two new indices were developed that were found to have a much betterstatisticalcorrelationthan the previous ones.
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It seems to me that it is sheer folly to neglect the implications of astatisticalcorrelation, the chances of which being accidental are millions to one.
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This is the point aboutstatisticalcorrelation.
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Numerous efforts have been made to design better game ladders by analyzing thestatisticalcorrelation between relative ladder levels and a player's expected performance.
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He found nostatisticalcorrelationbetween expenditures and the winning candidate.
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More generally, astatisticalcorrelationbetween things does not in itself prove that one causes the other (a causal link).
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