correlation

correlation

名词 correlation:

a reciprocal relation between two or more things

同义词：correlativity

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)

同义词：correlation coefficient, coefficient of correlation

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

同义词：correlational statistics