- correlation, correlativity - a reciprocal relation between two or more things
--1 is a kind of reciprocality, reciprocity
Derived forms: verb correlate1, verb correlate2 - correlation coefficient, coefficient of correlation, correlation - 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); "what is the correlation between those two variables?"
--2 is a kind of parametric statistic
--2 has particulars:Derived forms: verb correlate1, verb correlate2 - correlation, correlational statistics - 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
--3 is a kind of statistics
--3 is a part of correlational analysis
--3 has particulars:curvilinear correlation, nonlinear correlation, skew correlation; partial correlation; positive correlation, direct correlation; negative correlation, indirect correlation; spurious correlation Derived forms: verb correlate1, verb correlate2