correlational
Americanadjective
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The original 2023 study was small and correlational, so it cannot show cause and effect.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
“We only have correlational research to go on, but the pandemic is associated with higher stress levels for sure,” said Mr. Plante, who teaches at Santa Clara University in California.
From Washington Times • Mar. 24, 2023
The findings are correlational only; the researchers make no claims that one caused the other.
From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2021
For his recent study, Schellenberg asked two research assistants to look for correlational studies on the effects of music education.
From Salon • Nov. 9, 2019
Consciousness constitutes the reflected or correlational grade of mind: the grade of mind as appearance.
From Hegel's Philosophy of Mind by Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
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