Correlation
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
In its most general sense correlation denoted the interdependence between quantitative or qualitative data. In this sense it would include the association of dichotomised attributes and the contingency of multiply-classified attributes.
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Statistics for Experimenters: Design, Innovation, and Discovery
The correlation coefficient of two random variables y_1, and y_2, denoted \rho(y_1,y_2) is: \rho(y_1, y_2) = Cov(y_1, y_2)/\sqrt{Var(y_1)*Var(y_2)}
Wordset Dictionary
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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a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary
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a reciprocal relation between two or more things
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unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- coefficient of correlationcorrelation coefficientcorrelational statisticscorrelativity
- plural
- Correlations
- possessive
- Correlation's
- pluralpossessive
- Correlations'