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I think this is a straight forward question. We can look and analyze the chart. I had read in a solution of a similar question that its not necessary to be 100% correlated. If we could spot 75% correlation then we should go ahead with the answer.
­Is it true, when more than 75% of the data are correlated we can infer as correlation?
Also is it applicable in all of the gmat sections, or data insight only??
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How come 5 and 6 positively correlated? 5/7 times this happens which is ~71%, still do we consider them to be positively correlated?
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Hi experts chetan2u Bunuel KarishmaB ChiranjeevSingh MartyMurray bb egmat GMATNinja!

How come 5 and 6 positively correlated? 5/7 times this happens which is ~71%, still do we consider them to be positively correlated?

if so, what are the standards (% wise , if any) to call somthing corrleational in GMAT context?
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Hi experts chetan2u Bunuel KarishmaB ChiranjeevSingh MartyMurray bb egmat GMATNinja!

How come 5 and 6 positively correlated? 5/7 times this happens which is ~71%, still do we consider them to be positively correlated?

if so, what are the standards (% wise , if any) to call somthing corrleational in GMAT context?

Positively correlated means that majority of A and B move in same direction.
Directly proportional would mean each portion of A and B moves in same direction.
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Hi experts chetan2u Bunuel KarishmaB ChiranjeevSingh MartyMurray bb egmat GMATNinja!

How come 5 and 6 positively correlated? 5/7 times this happens which is ~71%, still do we consider them to be positively correlated?

if so, what are the standards (% wise , if any) to call somthing corrleational in GMAT context?

The point is that their graphs should move in a similar direction to be called positively correlated. Every corresponding point need not match.
I have talked about this in detail here: https://youtu.be/Zx-PysHlhGM
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Hello maam

This is the graph i drew. I did not feel it was positively correlated when looking at it. Can you comment on this, thank you so much.


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The point is that their graphs should move in a similar direction to be called positively correlated. Every corresponding point need not match.
I have talked about this in detail here: https://youtu.be/Zx-PysHlhGM
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Hello maam

This is the graph i drew. I did not feel it was positively correlated when looking at it. Can you comment on this, thank you so much.



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Hello,

Unfortunately, I’m unable to interpret your graph. If you have questions about any specific part or the overall question, I’m happy to help. Also, keep in mind that a positive correlation doesn’t require both variables to always increase or decrease together—if they follow the same general trend most of the time (for example, around 60%), that can still be enough to indicate a positive correlation.
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