poor correlation

Frequency: 7.015.4 per million words

Suggests the relationship is not reliable or well-defined.

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Examples (10)

  • The study found a poor correlation between the new drug and patient recovery rates.
  • Despite the initial hypothesis, the data showed a surprisingly poor correlation between diet and acne.
  • Researchers were disappointed by the poor correlation they observed between the two variables.
  • There is a poor correlation between marketing spend and actual sales figures for this quarter.
  • The analyst's model was criticized for showing a poor correlation with real-world market behavior.
  • A poor correlation exists between standardized test scores and future career success.
  • The paper highlighted the poor correlation between reported happiness and material wealth.
  • We've noticed a poor correlation between the weather forecast and the actual weather we get.
  • The reason we abandoned the theory was the consistently poor correlation between its predictions and our results.
  • If there's a poor correlation, we cannot confidently use one metric to predict the other.