correlation (noun)
41indirect correlation — noun a correlation in which large values of one variable are associated with small values of the other; the correlation coefficient is between 0 and 1 • Syn: ↑negative correlation • Topics: ↑statistics • Hypernyms: ↑correlation, ↑correlational… …
42negative correlation — noun a correlation in which large values of one variable are associated with small values of the other; the correlation coefficient is between 0 and 1 • Syn: ↑indirect correlation • Topics: ↑statistics • Hypernyms: ↑correlation, ↑correlational… …
43nonlinear correlation — noun any correlation in which the rates of change of the variables is not constant • Syn: ↑curvilinear correlation, ↑skew correlation • Topics: ↑statistics • Hypernyms: ↑correlation, ↑correlational statistics …
44positive correlation — noun 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 • Syn: ↑direct correlation • Topics: ↑statistics • Hypernyms:… …
45rank-difference correlation — noun the most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between the ranks of scores on two variables • Syn: ↑rank order correlation coefficient, ↑rank order correlation, ↑rank difference correlation coefficient • Topics:… …
46rank-difference correlation coefficient — noun the most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between the ranks of scores on two variables • Syn: ↑rank order correlation coefficient, ↑rank order correlation, ↑rank difference correlation • Topics: ↑statistics •… …
47rank-order correlation — noun the most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between the ranks of scores on two variables • Syn: ↑rank order correlation coefficient, ↑rank difference correlation coefficient, ↑rank difference correlation • Topics:… …
48rank-order correlation coefficient — noun the most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between the ranks of scores on two variables • Syn: ↑rank order correlation, ↑rank difference correlation coefficient, ↑rank difference correlation • Topics: ↑statistics •… …
49skew correlation — noun any correlation in which the rates of change of the variables is not constant • Syn: ↑curvilinear correlation, ↑nonlinear correlation • Topics: ↑statistics • Hypernyms: ↑correlation, ↑correlational statistics …
50multiple correlation coefficient — noun an estimate of the combined influence of two or more variables on the observed (dependent) variable • Topics: ↑statistics • Hypernyms: ↑correlation coefficient, ↑coefficient of correlation, ↑correlation …
