Sentences with phrase «little correlation of»

In the zonal direction, if the baroclinic zone is statistically uniform then so is the first EOF, even though there may be little correlation of any dynamical fields in that direction.

Not exact matches

«Or you get correlations between sets of words that mean very little.»

Bonds have historically had little correlation to equities except in market crisis situations, so creating a portfolio of both equities and bonds makes a whole lot of sense as a long - term investor.

There has always been a correlation among creativity, drive and a little bit of nuttiness, particularly in entrepreneurs.

High - quality bonds protect investors during times of market stress and deflation, providing a diversification benefit with little - to - no correlation to stocks in the short - term.

I recognize that the Fund may have little or no correlation to the MSCI EAFE Index for meaningful periods of time in some of these cases the Index will be advancing.

Also, during normal fluctuations (outside of Global Financial Crisis) there is very little correlation with equities.

Instead of keeping 20 % in cash, thereby reducing expected risk to 12 %, the investor could move into 10y government bonds with a higher return than cash and even a little bit of negative correlation with equities.

We're going to let you in on a little secret: Investors focused on economic growth are wasting their time... If anything, the evidence suggests a negative correlation between equity returns and GDP growth... It may be that the best prices can be had in times of low economic growth, whereas we tend to overpay in a growing economy.

A little harsh David, but study after study after study indicates that there is a direct correlation to lack of faith and intelligence across the globe in every developed society.

There is little or correlation between the church today and the Church of the first century.

Indeed, there is very little correlation between the estimates of CO2 and of the earth's temperature over the past 550 million years (the «Phanerozoic» period).

I too am an atheist, or at least agnostic, but I recognize that there are good religious people and bad, that type or lack of religion have very little correlation to the goodness of a human being.

This correlation between little story and big story, between life story and the story of the universe, is fundamental to the whole storytelling enterprise as a way of giving meaning to man's life.

Unless we are to suppose that there is little or no correlation between the initial aim and the final form of the subjective aim — a very strange supposition — we must assume vast differences in the initial aims derived from God by a primitive man and by an Einstein, or for that matter, between myself as I drop off to sleep in the evening and as I write these words.

I have worked (and been friends with) both «younger» and «older» parents and frankly have seen little correlation between the age (or even planning) of parenthood and a parent's responsiveness or choice to employ AP principles.

These behaviours have little direct correlation with the nutritional needs of an infant and such advice would never be given by a knowledgeable doctor.

And there's little correlation between the number of governments — Cuomo usually inflates the figure from around 4,000 to 10,500 by counting special districts — and cost.

Here again, they could find little evidence of a strong correlation between changes in wages of the UK - born and local area immigration.

The researchers compared their emotional expressivity results to another demographic measure of immigration — the sheer number of home countries represented by immigrants living in each of 32 countries in 2013 — and found little correlation.

But there seemed to be little correlation between that shape and nest type, nest location, or the number of young in a clutch — all previous proposed explanations for the shape of eggs.

Statin use is widespread in middle - aged and older individuals, who also have an increased risk of AMD; however, previous studies have shown very little correlation between regular statin use and improvements in AMD.

There was little overall correlation, meaning that most of these language differences are unlikely to be affected by genetics.

The study reports that glaciers flowing to the coast on the western side of the Peninsula show a distinct spatial correlation with ocean temperature patterns, with those in the south retreating rapidly but those in the north showing little change.

There is a finely graded inverse association between age and cognitive performance, 3 4 5 but the age at which cognitive decline becomes evident at the population level remains the subject of debate.5 6 7 A recent review of the literature concluded that there was little evidence of cognitive decline before the age of 60.8 This point of view, however, is not universally accepted.5 6 Clinicopathological studies show good correlation between neuropathology and the severity of cognitive decline, 9 10 11 and neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid plaques, the hallmarks of pathology, are known to be present in the brains of young adults.12 13 Emerging consensus on the long gestation period of dementia14 15 also suggests that adults aged under 60 are likely to experience age related cognitive decline.

The causation vs. correlation issue is perhaps a little easier to discuss than big ethical questions that involve changing the germline DNA of human beings because ethical questions do not usually have a scientific answer, let alone a right answer.

It is interesting to note that when comparing these gene expression changes between ER - α - positive and negative lines, very little correlation was seen between the cell types, which is supportive of previously published data (36).

We found no evidence of population structure and little evidence of spatial autocorrelation of parasite genotypes (correlation coefficients < 0.03 among parasite pairs in distance classes of 1 km, 2 km and 5 km; p value < 0.01).

The reverse correlation was also true, as exposure to light at night was a factor in gaining weight (another reason to make sure you have a dark sleep environment), but as little as half an hour of sun exposure before noon was enough to have an effect on reducing body weight.

Because China Study II includes regions with a much greater degree of urbanization than the first China Study, some of the correlations are a little different.

Although the researchers were pleased — and a little surprised — to see the findings so clearly support their hypothesis, the study is just the first in a series they have planned to continue exploring the mind - gut connection, including another examination of the data to see whether a correlation exists between fermented food intake and autism symptoms, said Hilimire.

And though the Globes have little correlation with the Oscars, a handful of movies came away with big wins.

Instead of focusing on the learner's growth, grading appears to be a system that has little correlation to the individual's learning journey.

On a budget of $ 500 billion, that means $ 50 billion is paid out every year for something that has little correlation with student achievement.

Some think the standards gave clarity on what was expected of teachers and students; others say there is little correlation between well - written standards and student performance.

Previous studies of pay - for - performance systems in public schools have found little to no correlation between merit - based pay and teacher performance.

He also ignores the reality that the education spending has continued to increase for the past five decades, and that much of the troubles with American public education has little do with money than with the fact that so much school funding is trapped by practices such as degree - and seniority - based pay scales for teachers that have no correlation with improving student achievement.

States differ in the amount budgeted for education, often with little to no apparent correlation between number of dollars spent and graduation rates or scores on achievement tests.

«Today's vote to move Senate Bill 455 forward is a move in the right direction for Connecticut schools, and can eliminate barriers to teaching that have little or no correlation with a teacher's job performance or positive impact on kids,» said Jen Alexander, chief executive officer of ConnCAN (Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now).

Here in Atlanta there is no shortage of Toyota / Lexus shops capable of great work Over the years we've noticed very little correlation between a shop's ability to do great work and the overall work product of the shop Having the ability is only part of the equation Each technician has to want to do great work For this they have to love what they do In addition to being passionate about our work we're also pretty passionate about the brand we work on — believing that Toyota and Lexus make the most rugged dependable vehicles on the planet And while we don't expect every customer to share this level of passion for their Toyota or Lexus we have found our customers to be a bit more discerning in how their vehicle is treated — whether it's here for an oil change or a frame - off restoration

Smart social media book marketing doesn't refer to the volume of time you spend, in fact, there's very little correlation.

Much like the pattern in U.S. data, year - over-year changes in World EPS have very little correlation with the short - term returns of the MSCI World price index.

There is little (if any) correlation between the value of rocking chairs or porcelain vases and the share prices of, say, General Electric.

There's little doubt that the two have been related, but the seemingly impressive strength of the correlation is completely an artifact of the shared upward slope.

While a point - in - time analysis of ten - year correlations between indices is instructive, it is of little practical value to investors.

This, for us, is a critical requirement for investors, because there are dozens of garbage models that purport to measure stock market valuation, but have little (and sometimes zero or negative) correlation with subsequent market performance.

Provide a wide range of asset classes (excluding equities) that, historically, have little to no correlation with equities; thus, one is able to hedge against stock risk without relying on a single asset, leverage, shorting or inverse products.

I recognize that the Fund may have little, no, or negative correlation to the general market for meaningful periods of time, and in some of these cases the general market will be advancing.

The Fund may have little or no correlation with general market fluctuations for meaningful periods of time.

Because of their hedged construction, the carry, momentum, and value factors have very little correlation with most exposures to asset classes and traditional risk factors.