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Hi, just a conceptual doubt, when considering correlation is there any minimum criteria where it should follow the trend? For example here, it is 4 out of 5 cases, but would it be fine if it was 3/5 cases? Should it hold true more than 50% of the times for it to be considered a correlation or 75%. Basically is there a number which we can consider as a minimum percentage as a rule of thumb
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Hi, just a conceptual doubt, when considering correlation is there any minimum criteria where it should follow the trend? For example here, it is 4 out of 5 cases, but would it be fine if it was 3/5 cases? Should it hold true more than 50% of the times for it to be considered a correlation or 75%. Basically is there a number which we can consider as a minimum percentage as a rule of thumb
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There’s no strict cutoff, but for GMAT purposes, if two variables move in the same direction in most cases (like 4 out of 5), that’s enough to call it a positive correlation. If it’s just 3 out of 5, that’s usually too weak to be considered reliably correlated.

In real data analysis, a positive correlation generally requires a stronger trend — typically 70% or more of the movements aligning.
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