An international team of mathematicians, led by Lehigh University statistician Taeho Kim, has introduced an innovative method ...

Correlation coefficients are indicators of the strength of the linear relationship between two different variables, x and y. A linear correlation coefficient that is greater than zero indicates a ...

Disruption of healthy microbial communities has been linked to numerous diseases, yet microbial interactions are little understood. This is due in part to the large number of bacteria, and the much ...

The subject of rank correlation has had a rich history. It has been used in numerous applications in tests for trend and for independence. However, little has been said about how to define rank ...

Shark attacks and ice cream sales follow the very same trajectory when charted. When ice cream sales go up, so do shark attacks. When ice cream sales decrease, shark attacks decrease. With a ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In longitudinal and spatial studies, observations often demonstrate strong correlations that are stationary in time or distance lags, and the ...

Though true and important, the warning has hardened into the familiarity of a cliché. Stock examples of so-called spurious correlations are now a dime a dozen. As one example goes, a Pacific island ...