English noun: correlation coefficient | |||
1. | correlation coefficient (cognition) 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) | ||
Samples | What is the correlation between those two variables?. | ||
Synonyms | coefficient of correlation, correlation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | parametric statistic | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | 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 | ||
Domain category | statistics | ||