correlation (noun)
71parametric statistic — noun any statistic computed by procedures that assume the data were drawn from a particular distribution • Topics: ↑statistics • Hypernyms: ↑statistic • Hyponyms: ↑regression coefficient, ↑correlation coefficient, ↑ …
72multicollinearity — noun a case of multiple regression in which the predictor variables are themselves highly correlated • Topics: ↑statistics • Hypernyms: ↑multiple regression, ↑multiple correlation * * * ˌkəˌlinēˈarə̇d.ē, kä noun ( es) …
73correlator — noun a) That which correlates or causes correlation b) A correlation function …
74line of best fit — noun A line on a scatter plot that best defines or expresses the trend shown in the plotted points. It is chosen so that the sum of the squares of the distances from the points to the line is a minimum. It also illustrates the correlation… …
75decorrelation — noun a) The reduction or removal of correlation. b) A process that reduces autocorrelation or cross correlation (in electronics, cryptography, neurology etc.) …
76autocorrelation — noun The cross correlation of a signal with itself: the correlation between values of a signal in successive time periods See Also: autocorrelate, autocorrelative, autocorrelator, autocovariance …
77correlational analysis — noun the use of statistical correlation to evaluate the strength of the relations between variables • Topics: ↑statistics • Hypernyms: ↑multivariate analysis • Hyponyms: ↑factor analysis • Part Meronyms: ↑ …
78Kendall's tau — noun a nonparametric measure of the agreement between two rankings • Syn: ↑tau coefficient of correlation, ↑Kendall rank correlation • Topics: ↑statistics • Hypernyms: ↑Kendall test …
79phi coefficient — noun an index of the relation between any two sets of scores that can both be represented on ordered binary dimensions (e.g., male female) • Syn: ↑phi correlation, ↑fourfold point correlation • Topics: ↑statistics • Hypernyms: ↑ …
80intercorrelation — “+ noun Etymology: inter + correlation : correlation between one of the possible pairs in a group of statistical variables and especially between independent variables …
