Both Uses
correlate
in
Everything, Everything
(Edited)
- I'm trying to find a correlation between the color and your mood, but I don't have it yet.
p. 121.5 *correlation = connection or relationship"Editor's Notes"Just because you can guess 'A' from 'B' doesn’t mean 'A' changes 'B.' Something else, like 'C,' might affect both, and that’s why 'A' can be guessed from 'B.'
For example, children with larger shoe sizes are likely to know more math. It's not that shoe size helps with math, it's that older children tend to have larger feet and know more math. - "Correlation is not causation," I say, just to have something to say.
p. 121.6correlation = relationship such that a change in one thing helps predict a change in another"Editor's Notes"Just because you can guess 'A' from 'B' doesn’t mean 'A' changes 'B.' Something else, like 'C,' might affect both, and that’s why 'A' can be guessed from 'B.'
For example, children with larger shoe sizes are likely to know more math. It's not that shoe size helps with math, it's that older children tend to have larger feet and know more math.
Definitions:
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(1)
(correlate) to find or have a connection or relationship between two things, such that a change in one helps predict a change in the otherJust because you can guess 'A' from 'B' doesn’t mean 'A' changes 'B.' Something else, like 'C,' might affect both, and that’s why 'A' can be guessed from 'B.'
For example, children with larger shoe sizes are likely to know more math. It's not that shoe size helps with math, it's that older children tend to have larger feet and know more math. - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)