HyperDic: correlation_coefficient

English > 1 sense of the expression correlation coefficient:
NOUNcognitioncorrelation coefficient, coefficient of correlation, correlationa statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary
English > correlation coefficient: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
MeaningA 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).
Synonymscoefficient of correlation, correlation
CategorystatisticsA branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
Narrowerbiserial correlation coefficient, biserial correlationA correlation coefficient in which one variable is many-valued and the other is dichotomous
multiple correlation coefficientAn estimate of the combined influence of two or more variables on the observed (dependent) variable
product-moment correlation coefficient, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficientThe most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between variables that are linearly related
split-half correlation, chance-half correlationA correlation coefficient calculated between scores on two halves of a test
tetrachoric correlation coefficient, tetrachoric correlationA correlation coefficient computed for two normally distributed variables that are both expressed as a dichotomy
Broaderparametric statisticAny statistic computed by procedures that assume the data were drawn from a particular distribution
Spanishcoeficiente de correlación, correlación
Catalancoeficient de correlació, correlació

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