correlation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a reciprocal relation between two or more things
Types & categories
- reciprocity hypernym
Related & opposite
- correlate derivation
- correlate derivation
- correlative derivation
- correlate derivation
- correlational derivation
Sense 2 noun
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?
Types & categories
- parametric statistic hypernym
- product-moment correlation coefficient hyponym
- multiple correlation coefficient hyponym
- biserial correlation coefficient hyponym
- split-half correlation hyponym
- tetrachoric correlation coefficient hyponym
Related & opposite
- correlate derivation
- correlate derivation
- correlational derivation
- statistics domain topic
Sense 3 noun
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
Types & categories
- statistics hypernym
- curvilinear correlation hyponym
- partial correlation hyponym
- positive correlation hyponym
- negative correlation hyponym
- spurious correlation hyponym
Parts & wholes
- correlational analysis part holonym
Related & opposite
- correlate derivation
- correlate derivation
- correlational derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | correlate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | correlate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | correlative |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | correlate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | correlational |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | reciprocity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | correlate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | correlate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | correlational |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | statistics |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | parametric statistic |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | product-moment correlation coefficient |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | multiple correlation coefficient |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | biserial correlation coefficient |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | split-half correlation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tetrachoric correlation coefficient |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | correlate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | correlate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | correlational |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | correlational analysis |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | statistics |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | curvilinear correlation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | partial correlation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | positive correlation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | negative correlation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | spurious correlation |