Sentence examples for a mere correlation from inspiring English sources

As noted at the start of this article, it is a distinctive concern of the philosophy of mind to determine the nature of mental phenomena, and a mere correlation between a mental phenomenon and something else does not (by itself) provide such an account.

"What we found is quite a bit stronger than a mere correlation," Hsiang said.

While more examples would be needed to establish a causal relationship instead of a mere correlation, this principle could help to explain the lipid-dependent helix rotation for the special case of the WGWALP23 helix.

This definition goes beyond a mere correlation between a laboratory measurement and a clinical outcome or a pathogenic process since a fully validated surrogate marker also requires proof that intervention on the surrogate marker predicts the effect on the clinical outcome [ 25].

Unless one is a dualist or other non-physicalist, more than mere correlation is required; at least some NCCs must be the essential substrates of consciousness.

We also found that results of associations from EWAS with metabolic traits may be difficult to interpret in terms of causality, and that it is hard to distinguish between true functional association and mere correlation that is driven by an unidentified common factor.

To establish a link between miR-155 and SHIP1 expression beyond mere correlation, the non-GC-DLBCL cell line OCILY-3 was transfected either with a non-specific control-miR, miR-1 or miR-155.

Lab experiments are — in principle — easy to repeat, and you can control the variables so as to get a better idea of cause and effect, as opposed to mere correlation.

Most people appear to have at least one of these viruses replicating actively in their bodies, thus mere correlation of the presence of virus and disease states are probably less informative than a quantitative analysis of viraemia.

And, indeed, the mere correlation of genes and characters tells us virtually nothing about how the differentiation occurs nor about how form becomes formed (or the problem of morphogenesis).

As is well known, it is often hard to decide whether or not we are faced with identity or mere correlation; Wimsatt (1976: 697ff) argues that when we conceive of reduction as a scientific process, we are well advised to interpret apparent correlations as identities.