correlational_statistics (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *correlational statistics*:
NOUN	cognition	correlational statistics, correlation	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

English > *correlational statistics*: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
Meaning	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.
Synonym	correlation
Part of	correlational analysis	The use of statistical correlation to evaluate the strength of the relations between variables
Narrower	curvilinear correlation, nonlinear correlation, skew correlation	Any correlation in which the rates of change of the variables is not constant
	negative correlation, indirect correlation	A correlation in which large values of one variable are associated with small values of the other
	partial correlation	A correlation between two variables when the effects of one or more related variables are removed
	positive correlation, direct correlation	A correlation in which large values of one variable are associated with large values of the other and small with small
	spurious correlation	A correlation between two variables (e.g., between the number of electric motors in the home and grades at school) that does not result from any direct relation between them (buying electric motors will not raise grades) but from their relation to other variables
Broader	statistics	A branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters

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