> It's much better to use vocabulary consistently with what everyone else does in the field. Fine, but... > And if you are not familiar with what everyone els

> It's much better to use vocabulary consistently with what everyone else does in the field. Fine, but... > And if you are not familiar with what everyone else means by correlation, you're very unlikely to be an expert. Perhaps, but this is not relevant. If there's a problem with this work, then that problem can be criticized directly. There is no need, and it is not useful, to infer "expertise" by indirect means.