The phrase "a modest correlation between" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the relationship or association between two variables or factors, particularly when the relationship is not strong.
Example: "The study found a modest correlation between exercise frequency and overall mental health."
Alternatives: "a slight relationship between" or "a weak association between".
Alan Reifman, a professor of human development at Texas Tech University who has a specialty in statistical correlation and causality, found that over the past five postseasons there was only a modest correlation between the performance of N.H.L. teams in the regular season and their performance in the playoffs.
This study found a modest correlation between total absorbed dose to the spleen and Hb counts in blood (p = 0.02).
There was a modest correlation between BNP levels and APACHEII (r = 0.38, p = 0.01) and SAPSII (r = 0.35, p = 0.03).
By contrast, there was a modest correlation between immunodeficiency as indicated by a decline in CD4+ count and BKV viruria.
However, it is interesting to observe that there was a modest correlation between the predicted risk of death by REMS and WPS systems.
Worldwide, there is a modest correlation between economic atmosphere, information access, and the democratic political environment (Howard et al. 2010 110).
In the third experiment, no such difference in means emerged but evidence of a modest correlation between exercise-induced change in heart rate and memory performance did.
At T0, there was a modest correlation between endocan concentrations and the renal (r = 0.235, p = 0.001) and the total (r = 0.332, p < 0.001) SOFA scores.
There was a modest correlation between the distal third lateral femur BMD and the hip shaft BMD (r=.55) and neck BMD (r=0.5).
In addition, there was a modest correlation between the predicted risk of mortality by REMS and predicted risk of mortality by WPS (Fig. 4), with the Spearman's rank correlation being 0.45 (P < 0.001).
We have investigated the simple physical effects controlling solute vacancy binding in Mg and find that there is a modest correlation between binding energy and solute size, with larger solute atoms more favorably binding with neighboring vacancies to relax the strain induced by the solutes.
