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correlation(dictionary)
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Correlation(health)
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Correlation coefficient(finance)
Correlation coefficient(money)
Correlation Integral(money)

correlation (iou)



correlation noun. M16.
[medieval Latin correlatio(n-), formed as COR- + relatio(n-) RELATION. Cf. CORELATION.]
Mutual close or necessary relation of two or more things; spec. an interdependence of variable quantities; the degree of such interdependence. M16.
K. Pearson A sensible correlation (circa 0.18) between fertility and height in the mothers of daughters. W. Lippmann A real correlation of cause and effect.
The action of correlating. L19.
Comb.: correlation coefficient a number between +1 and 1 calculated so as to represent the linear interdependence of two variables or sets of data.
correlational adjective of, pertaining to, or employing correlation M20.