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Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Years ago, our firm employed a junior investment analyst who left us for supposedly greener pastures. In his exit interview, he told me he was leaving in part because he was great at picking ...

In the first case, there is a strong upward-sloping relationship between X and Y; in the second case, no apparent relationship; in the third case, a strong downward-sloping relationship. Note the ...

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 ...

In a new article, a team of researchers analyze how to avoid misinterpreting correlations in cross-cultural studies. The researchers identify three sources of non-independence in cultural variables -- ...

In the first case, there is a strong upward-sloping relationship between X and Y; in the second case, no apparent relationship; in the third case, a strong downward-sloping relationship. Note the ...