Correlation between variables in posterior

Yes.

Yes.

Yes, although I would hesitate to refer to these as “correlations between estimated variables”, because that would suggest (to me) that you are talking about associations between measurements. Instead, I would describe them as dependencies between credible values of model parameters. These dependencies could be brought about by associations in the observed data, but could also be brought about by your priors, the structure of the model, or any combination of these ingredients.

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