"To show a correlation" means to demonstrate a relationship or connection between two or more things. It suggests that there is a pattern or tendency that suggests when one thing happens, the other thing also tends to happen.
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A group of researchers recently reviewed the literature on the effect of skipping breakfast on obesity and found a great number of studies
showing a correlation between the two.
Recent studies
show a correlation of salt restriction with increased heart failure and with insulin resistance leading to diabetes.
There is conflicting research on this but I feel there is enough research that
does show a correlation — enough for us to be concerned.
Second, and more important: The data does
not show a correlation between rising housing prices and declining housing sales.
This
only shows correlation, but studies also show people who have higher levels of inflammatory markers, like c - reactive protein, rank higher on scales that measure depression.
The
data show a correlation between better feed in developed nations and lower emissions, regardless of the type of farm.
Note that while there seems to be plenty of anecdotal evidence supporting the use of compression wear during endurance exercise, the studies have been unable to
consistently show a correlation.
A Japanese study of fifth and sixth
graders showed a correlation between the amount of time spent playing video games and later physical aggression.
A map of the southern
sky shows the correlation between sources of incoming cosmic rays (circles) and the locations of active galaxies (red dots).
Despite good intentions and honest effort, no evidence
yet shows a correlation between the credentials required of school leaders and the results produced by their schools.
Please don't just take my word for it though, as many studies have
repeatedly shown the correlation with our families - of - origin and our current marital satisfaction.
The authors said that in all of the 27 studies of modern societies they looked at, higher temperatures
showed a correlation with rising rates of violence.
The present study has
also shown a correlation between increasing age and less frequent reliance upon emotion oriented coping styles among the homeless (Table 3).
Showing correlations of sensor data with existing clinical scales in a trial setting is a prerequisite for leveraging such data in clinical practice and drug development.
The total family support or the total score from the scale for assessing the family support
showed a correlation coefficient of r = -0.415, which is statistically significant, and the given negative correlation indicates that with increased level of total family support parenting stress decreeses in parents of children with ASD.
The graphs
below show a correlation that schools with larger proportions of low - income students tend to have lower rates of proficiency in both ELA and Math.
Although those studies
show a correlation over time between the passage of medical marijuana laws and opioid overdose death rates, they do not provide any evidence that the laws caused the reduction in deaths.