correlation
(noun)
noun
1. a reciprocal relation between two or more things
Definition categories: link, reciprocality, reciprocity
2. 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?
Definition categories: thought
3. 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
Definition categories: thought, statistics