correlation (noun)
11correlation energy — noun The difference between the actual energy of a particular energy level of an atom or molecule and that calculated by the Hartree Fock approximation …
12correlation — noun a) A reciprocal, parallel or complementary relationship between two or more comparable objects b) One of the several measures of the linear statistical relationship between two random variables, indicating both the strength and direction of… …
13correlation coefficient — noun Statistics a number between +1 and 1 calculated so as to represent the linear interdependence of two variables or sets of data …
14correlation — noun a mutual relationship of interdependence between two or more things. ↘the process of correlating. ↘Statistics interdependence of variable quantities. Derivatives correlational adjective Origin C16: from med. L. correlatio(n ), from cor… …
15correlation matrix — noun a matrix giving the correlations between all pairs of data sets • Topics: ↑statistics • Hypernyms: ↑matrix …
16correlation table — noun a two way tabulation of the relations between correlates; row headings are the scores on one variable and column headings are the scores on the second variables and a cell shows how many times the score on that row was associated with the… …
17correlation curve — noun : correlogram …
18correlation — The degree of relationship between two sets of data. A correlation near plus 1, called a positive correlation, indicates that changes in one set of data are closely related to changes in the other set and that the data sets change in the same… …
19Correlation — See: Correlation coefficient. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * A statistical tool that measures the degree to which two variables move together. A correlation of 1 means that the two variables move together exactly, while a… …
20correlation */ — UK [ˌkɒrəˈleɪʃ(ə)n] / US [ˌkɔrəˈleɪʃ(ə)n] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms correlation : singular correlation plural correlations formal a connection or relationship between two or more things that is not caused by chance. A positive… …
