WordNet
n. a correlation in which large values of one variable are associated with large values of the other and small with small; the correlation coefficient is between 0 and +1 [syn: direct correlation]
Usage examples of "positive correlation".
These statistics indicated a positive correlation between an area's population density and the number of Castles operating there and their net profitability.
But if that's the only positive correlation you can find, and it's just about unity, it must mean something.
That's usually no cause for worry, since true brilliance has a well-known positive correlation with decency, much of the time -- a fact the rest of us rely on, more than we ever know.
Study after study has shown that there is a significant positive correlation between high aggression coefficient and inability to evolve into a society with a purview greater than a single solar system.
Dahl is the poorest sector on Trantor and there is a positive correlation between poverty, misery, and crime.
Soroka (1979) concludes that a positive correlation exists between the number of glandular trichomes on leaves and calyxes and the various cannabinoid contents of the floral clusters.