autocorrelation

American  

[aw-toh-kawr-uh-ley-shuhn, -kor-] / ˌɔ toʊˌkɔr əˈleɪ ʃən, -ˌkɒr- /

noun

Statistics.

1. the correlation of an ordered series of observations with the same series displaced by the same number of terms.

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autocorrelation British  

/ ˌɔːtəʊˌkɒrɪˈleɪʃən /

noun

1. Also called: serial correlation.  the condition occurring when successive items in a series are correlated so that their covariance is not zero and they are not independent

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Etymology

Origin of autocorrelation

First recorded in 1945–50; auto- ¹ + correlation

Example Sentences

Hub, J. S., De Groot, B. L. & van der Spoel, D. g_wham—a free weighted histogram analysis implementation including robust error and autocorrelation estimates.

From Nature

Pandit, R. & Laband, D. N. Spatial autocorrelation in country-level models of species imperilment.

From Nature

The residuals for the north, northeast, centre-west and southeast regions show no autocorrelation, whereas a small amount of autocorrelation cannot be excluded for the south region.

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The residuals for the north, northeast, centre-west and southeast regions show no autocorrelation, whereas a small amount of autocorrelation cannot be excluded for the south region.

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Spike and autocorrelation maps as in .

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