NOUN | cognition | 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 |
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Meaning | A correlation in which large values of one variable are associated with large values of the other and small with small; the correlation coefficient is between 0 and +1. | |
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Synonym | direct correlation | |
Category | 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 |
Broader | correlation, correlational statistics | 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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