S: (v) associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect (make a logical or causal connection) "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all"
S: (v) think, cogitate, cerebrate (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments) "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere"
W: (n) correlation [Related to: correlate] (a statistical relation between two or more variables such that systematic changes in the value of one variable are accompanied by systematic changes in the other)
W: (n) correlation [Related to: correlate] (a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlation) to +1 (perfect positive correlation)) "what is the correlation between those two variables?"
S: (adj) related, related to (being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics) "painting and the related arts"; "school-related activities"; "related to micelle formation is the...ability of detergent actives to congregate at oil-water interfaces"