Correlation — synonyms, definition

1. correlation (Noun)

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correlation (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.

correlation (Noun) — (statistics) 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). ex. "what is the correlation between those two variables?"

parametric statistic statistics stats Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient anticorrelation biserial correlation biserial correlation coefficient chance-half correlation curvilinear correlation direct correlation indirect correlation multiple correlation coefficient negative correlation nonlinear correlation partial correlation positive correlation product-moment correlation coefficient skew correlation split-half correlation spurious correlation tetrachoric correlation tetrachoric correlation coefficient correlational analysis