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Correlation

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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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coefficient of correlationcorrelation coefficientcorrelational statisticscorrelativity
plural
Correlations
possessive
Correlation's
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Correlations'

Framework definitions

Statistics for Experimenters: Design, Innovation, and Discovery1 senseview framework →
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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)}
Glossary of Statistical Terms1 senseview framework →
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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.
Wordset Dictionary3 sensesview framework →
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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
§3
a reciprocal relation between two or more things

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