correlation
/kɔrʌlˈeɪʃʌn/
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Definitions
Noun
a reciprocal relation between two or more things
Noun
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?"
Noun
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
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biserial correlation
biserial correlation coefficient
chance-half correlation
curvilinear correlation
direct correlation
indirect correlation
multiple correlation coefficient
negative correlation
nonlinear correlation
partial correlation
Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient
positive correlation
product-moment correlation coefficient
skew correlation
split-half correlation
spurious correlation
tetrachoric correlation
tetrachoric correlation coefficient