coefficient of correlation
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1. 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) (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | parametric statistic, |
| definition | : | any statistic computed by procedures that assume the data were drawn from a particular distribution (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | multiple correlation coefficient, |
| definition | : | an estimate of the combined influence of two or more variables on the observed (dependent) variable (noun.cognition) |
| domain category | : | statistics, |
| definition | : | a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | correlate, |
| definition | : | bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | correlate, |
| definition | : | to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation (verb.stative) |
| derivation | : | correlational, |
| definition | : | relating to or employing correlation (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | correlate, |
| definition | : | bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | correlate, |
| definition | : | to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation (verb.stative) |
| derivation | : | correlational, |
| definition | : | relating to or employing correlation (adj.pert) |
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