correlation
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Key contributions came from collaborators at Janelia Research Campus in Virginia, including specialists in fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and 3D super-resolution imaging.
From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026
Ongoing studies at the Shark Lab suggest that there might actually be a correlation between the high number of people in the ocean and the relatively low number of shark bites.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Higher activity is a positive, but Parker warns there is little historical correlation between the ISM and stock prices.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
And since 2019, the correlation has been steadily declining.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 21, 2026
Scientists use something called a correlation to measure how closely one factor predicts another, and overall, the students’ ratings correlated with the experts’ ratings by .55, which is quite a high correlation.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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