HyperDic: correlational_analysis

English > 1 sense of the expression correlational analysis:
NOUNcognitioncorrelational analysisthe use of statistical correlation to evaluate the strength of the relations between variables
English > correlational analysis: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
MeaningThe use of statistical correlation to evaluate the strength of the relations between variables.
CategorystatisticsA branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
Partscorrelation, correlational statisticsA 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
Narrowerfactor analysisAny of several methods for reducing correlational data to a smaller number of dimensions or factors
Broadermultivariate analysisA generic term for any statistical technique used to analyze data from more than one variable

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