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coefficient of correlation

American  

noun

Statistics.
  1. correlation coefficient.


Etymology

Origin of coefficient of correlation

First recorded in 1905–10

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Under a "scatter diagram" there is a notation that the coefficient of correlation is .10.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

If the marks received in algebra and in geometry by a group of high school pupils were as given below, what relationship is indicated by the coefficient of correlation?

From How to Teach by Strayer, George Drayton

The Pearson coefficient of correlation of the standings in the high schools and in the freshman year, for this group of 472 pupils, is .80....

From Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods by Hollingworth, Harry L.

If in every case of unemployment crime were found and in every case of crime, unemployment, the coefficient of correlation would be +1.

From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Edman, Irwin

Then, use R for the coefficient of correlation.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas