correlation


Definition: Meaning of, correlation in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˌkɒrəˈleɪʃ(ə)n /

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correlation correlations
  1. [uncountable and countable] a connection between two ideas, facts etc, especially when one may be the cause of the other
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  • Kendall partial rank correlation (noun)
    1. statistics a nonparametric measure of partial correlation
  • Kendall rank correlation (noun)
    1. statistics a nonparametric measure of the agreement between two rankings
  • Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient (noun)
    1. statistics the most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between variables that are linearly related
  • biserial correlation (noun)
    1. statistics a correlation coefficient in which one variable is many-valued and the other is dichotomous
  • biserial correlation coefficient (noun)
    1. statistics a correlation coefficient in which one variable is many-valued and the other is dichotomous
  • chance-half correlation (noun)
    1. statistics a correlation coefficient calculated between scores on two halves of a test; taken as an indication of the reliability of the test
  • coefficient of correlation (noun)
    1. perfect positive correlation no correlation perfect negative correlation statistics a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 through 0 to +1
  • correlation coefficient (noun)
    1. perfect positive correlation no correlation perfect negative correlation statistics a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 through 0 to +1
  • correlation matrix (noun)
    1. statistics a matrix giving the correlations between all pairs of data sets
  • correlation table (noun)
    1. statistics a two-way tabulation of the relations between correlates; row headings are the scores on one variable and column headings are the scores on the second variables and a cell shows how many times the score on that row was associated with the score in that column
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