Collocations with association

This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
local association
The director of the local association speaks of competition between companies from the two regions, who recognize similar qualities in each other.
longitudinal association
Contrary to the latter group, the longitudinal association was significant in respondents with one or more chronic physical diseases.
loose association
Unlike the post-bhangra phenomenon, which contains a loose association with its earlier forms, this latest development is an almost bizarre mixture of the traditional and the contemporary.
major association
Left hemisphere dissected to reveal major association tracts including those implicated in the social brain.
marketing association
Similarly, an organic cotton farmer indicated that organic farmers are required to pay dues to a marketing association that restricts the use of its seal on organic products.
national association
A national association was founded to represent their interests and cooperate with similar associations world-wide.
negative association
There was also a negative association with duration of infertility.
observed association
Cross-sectional evidence is limited in its ability to distinguish between competing explanations for any observed association.
pattern of association
Of course, this pattern of association is hardly very surprising.
positive association
Several factors may generate this positive association.
professional association
I included community groups; religious groups; a trade union; a professional association or farmers' co-operative.
significant association
No significant association was observed.
statistical association
For some purposes, the calculation of statistical association is sufficient, without assuming causality.
strength of association
Another question concerns the strength of association between various substances and violence.
strong association
There was a strong association between attitudes and emotional experience.
voluntary association
Nations of joiners: explaining voluntary association membership in democratic societies.
weak association
This suggests a weak association between resistance to these stresses.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.