But a skilled practitioner can use it to tell how meaningful a correlation is-and maybe even tell whether that correlation does indicate a causal relationship.

Whether or not the correlation indicates cause-and-effect relationship is an open question.

This correlation therefore indicates that the heat transfer coefficient increases as channel diameter decreases.

This dictum should not be taken to mean that correlations cannot indicate the potential existence of causal relations.

In other words, a correlation can be taken as evidence for a possible causal relationship, but cannot indicate what the causal relationship, if any, might be.

The high correlation indicates that participants were aware of at least some of the knowledge they had acquired.

In any case, my correlations indicate that you and the three children are merely the beginning, the tip of the iceberg, so to speak.

These correlations indicate that individuals with certain genotypes are more likely to find themselves in certain environments.

The correlation could indicate, as Gerber contended, that TV viewing cultivates or causes fear of crime.

Significant correlations indicate that demand characteristics may be related to the research results.