direct correlation


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Noun1.direct correlation - a correlation in which large values of one variable are associated with large values of the other and small with small; the correlation coefficient is between 0 and +1
statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
correlational statistics, correlation - a statistical relation between two or more variables such that systematic changes in the value of one variable are accompanied by systematic changes in the other
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One begins to suspect at length that there is no direct correlation between eyelashes and morals; or else, that the eyelashes express the disposition of the fair one's grandmother, which is on the whole less important to us.
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Someone once said the lack of love that I display to others is in direct correlation of my lack of receiving the father's love for me.
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Of course, there is a direct correlation between money spent and pots in the cabinet.
He further said that the importance of the bill to be inter sectional as there is a direct correlation with deprivation and persons living with disabilities so bill will help to recognize their rights.
The Prime Minister, a former home secretary, insisted that there was "no direct correlation between certain crimes and police numbers." The crimes that she was referring to were knife crime, when answering questions from reporters in Salisbury.
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They found a direct correlation between eating only plant foods and a lower risk of mortality.
There is direct correlation between academic achievements, and participation in extra-curriculum activities and afterschool programmes, he said.