1. Noun
Reciprocal relation; corresponding similarity or parallelism of relation or law; capacity of being converted into, or of giving place to, one another, under certain conditions; as, the correlation of forces, or of zymotic diseases.
2. noun
A pattern in which two things change together.
A statistical association between two variables.
3. Noun
A statistical measure that describes the extent to which two variables are related
4. 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
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5. 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?"
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