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    Correlation

    Definitions

    1 | noun | a reciprocal relation between two or more things 2 | noun | a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlation) to +1 (perfect positive correlation) 3 | noun | 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

    Pronunciation

    k, awruhl'eyshuhn (IPA: kˌɔrəlˈeɪʃən)

    Hyphenation

    cor-re-la-tion (11 letters | 4 syllables)

    First known use in English

    1561 (Elizabethan era | European Renaissance) (464 years ago)

    Word origin

    Middle French

    Word frequency history

    Inflected form

    correlations

    Synonyms

    correlativity | coefficient of correlation | correlation coefficient | correlational statistics

    Narrower terms

    biserial correlation | biserial correlation coefficient | chance-half correlation | multiple correlation coefficient | Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient | product-moment correlation coefficient | split-half correlation | tetrachoric correlation | tetrachoric correlation coefficient | curvilinear correlation | direct correlation | indirect correlation | negative correlation | nonlinear correlation | partial correlation | ... (total: 18)

    Broader terms

    reciprocality | reciprocity | parametric statistic | statistics (total: 4)

    Rhymes

    abbreviation | abdication | aberration | abomination | abrogation | acceleration | acclimation | accommodation | accreditation | accumulation | accusation | acidification | activation | adaptation | adjudication | ... (total: 671) (based on typical American pronunciation)

    Lexically close words

    correlating | correlative

    Anagrams

    (none among common words)

    Phrases

    coefficient of correlation | correlation coefficient | correlation matrix | correlation table | first-order correlation | fourfold point correlation | Kendall partial rank correlation | Kendall rank correlation | multiple correlation | phi correlation | ... (total: 15)

    Translations

    Spanish: | correlación (interrelationship) | relación (interrelationship) | afinidad (interrelationship) French: | corrélation (interrelationship) | interaction (interrelationship) | interdépendance (interrelationship) | affinité (interrelationship) Portuguese: | correlação (interrelationship) | intercomunicação (interrelationship) | interdependência (interrelationship) German: | Korrelation (interrelationship) | Wechselbeziehung (interrelationship) | Wechselseitigkeit (interrelationship) | Interaktion (interrelationship) | Verwandtschaft (interrelationship) Japanese: | 当該 (nouns) | 相関 (common noun) | 相関性 (common noun) | 相関関係 (common noun)

    Other notable uses

    correlation.com | correlation.net | correlation.org | correlation.info

    Crossword puzzle clues

    (none)

    Scrabble score

    13 (International English) | 13 (North American English)

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