statistical association
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstatisticalandassociation
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statistical
adjective
uk/stəˈtɪs.tɪ.kəl/us/stəˈtɪs.tɪ.kəl/
relating ...
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association
noun
uk/əˌsəʊ.siˈeɪ.ʃən/us/əˌsoʊ.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
a group of people who work together in a single organization for a ...
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(Definition ofstatisticalandassociationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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For some purposes, the calculation ofstatisticalassociationis sufficient, without assuming causality.
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The comparison of human and cattle infection indicated a spatial andstatisticalassociation.
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There was nostatisticalassociationwith levels of social contact or proximity to children, friends and family.
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First, we divided the period under investigation and calculated thestatisticalassociationbetween the variables during those two periods.
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There are no grounds for doubt about thestatisticalassociation.
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Thestatisticalassociationbetween the diagnostic groups (social phobia v. without social phobia) and dependent variables was analysed by logistic regression.
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The value of food stamps and other benefits, accounted for in the experimental measure, may reduce thestatisticalassociationbetween experimental poverty and material hardship.
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Similarly, the results could be explained by separate effects of genetic heterogeneity on parasite reproductive rate and virulence resulting in thestatisticalassociationseen.
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The mere fact of astatisticalassociation, of course, does not establish any causal relationship: associations can arise by coincidental correlation with primary factors.
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The organism was not isolated from water or food samples but there was astatisticalassociationbetween illness and consumption of a tuna salad.
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In spite of their strongstatisticalassociationand consistent word order, the two terms 'maize' and te7-e:l appear to have separate relevance to the chocolate drink.
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Thus, although nonword repetition shares strongerstatisticalassociationwith language than reading ability, substantial deficits in the task are strongly associated with learning failures in both areas.
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In fact, thestatisticalassociationof profound ignorance (or profoundly ignorant) in this work is an exceptionally strong one, among the strongest one ever finds in corpus linguistics.
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This would tend to lower the chance of finding astatisticalassociationbetween any illness and any single exposure or behaviour, especially if the study sample size is not large.
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I am aware of one studywhich showed astatisticalassociationbetween mortality at the ages of 0–4 and the unemployment rate.
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If individual intake could be accurately measured, there seems strong presumptive evidence that astatisticalassociationcould be established between atmospheric pollution and lung cancer.
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There is astatisticalassociationbetween poor bone density and higher probability of fracture.
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Correlational methods examine thestatisticalassociationbetween two naturally occurring variables.
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Some, but not all, studies into maternal drug use and congenital abnormality have suggested astatisticalassociationbetween hormonal pregnancy tests and teratogenic effects of various kinds.
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Thestatisticalassociationbetween heavy cigarette smoking and cancer of the lung has led to intensive attempts to detect carcinogens both in cigarette tobacco and in cigarette paper.
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Following evidence of astatisticalassociationbetween its use and an increased incidence of congenital abnormality, the safety of the drug was discussed with the manufacturers.
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I welcome the report of this further study examining various factors affecting examination performance in schools arid confirming the strongstatisticalassociationbetween that performance and social background.
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Weak to moderately strong evidence supports causation (as opposed tostatisticalassociation) between cervical manipulative therapy and vertebrobasilar artery stroke.
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The study is designed to determine whether there is astatisticalassociationbetween the location of landfill sites and the rates of certain adverse health effects in the nearby population.
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