coefficient of correlation
Noun
Meaning
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)
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Hypernyms
Hyponyms
chance-half correlation
Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient
product-moment correlation coefficient
biserial correlation
biserial correlation coefficient
multiple correlation coefficient
Examples
what is the correlation between those two variables?