NOUN
- 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
How To Use direct correlation In A Sentence
- There is no direct correlation between economic success and social equality. Times, Sunday Times
- I believe there is a direct correlation between the creation of job opportunities and the number of nominees you see every year.
- I can't see that there's a direct correlation (for example, a 10% increase in patrolling equals a 20% reduction in crime) sufficient to satisfy an accountant, but I can see the sense in it. Crime and punishment in Labour Britain
- But there is rarely any direct correlation between defective products and liability awards.
- Moreover there is a direct correlation between the degree of adherence to the principles and success.
- There is thus believed to be a direct correlation between expected rewards and performance.
- There may be a direct correlation between the number of copies of an oncogenic HPV type within a cell or in an anatomic site and the risk of developing HPV-related disease.
- There's been a pretty direct correlation with the Fed pumping money into the system and how the S&P has performed," Ms. Peruzzi said, which keeps the end of the government's support program looming over a market that is otherwise largely bullish. Bulls Have QE2 Jitters
- There is a direct correlation between exposure to sun and skin cancer.
- Over the years their percentage of television time has had a direct correlation to the increase in prize-money.