Correlation Coefficient — synonyms, definition

1. correlation coefficient (Noun)

2 synonyms
coefficient of correlation correlation
1 definition

correlation coefficient (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 coefficient between those two variables?"

1 type of
parametric statistic
9 types
Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient biserial correlation biserial correlation coefficient chance-half correlation multiple correlation coefficient product-moment correlation coefficient split-half correlation tetrachoric correlation tetrachoric correlation coefficient