coefficient of correlation
Americannoun
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
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 Harry L. Hollingworth
A coefficient of correlation is a number intended to indicate the degree of similarity between two things, or the extent to which one moves with the other.
From Birth Control A Statement of Christian Doctrine against the Neo-Malthusians by Halliday G. Sutherland
If it be expressed as a decimal, .5, the reader will at once note its identity with the coefficient of correlation which we have so often cited in this book as a measure of heredity.
From Applied Eugenics by Paul Popenoe
The coefficient of correlation by the method of rank differences is equal to ·03.
From Adenoids and Diseased Tonsils Their Effect on General Intelligence by Margaret Cobb Rogers
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