coefficient of correlation
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of coefficient of correlation
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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Under a "scatter diagram" there is a notation that the coefficient of correlation is .10.
From Textbooks ● Nov. 29, 2017
This way of expressing the results is both clearer and more concrete than the mere statement of the coefficient of correlation.
From Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods by Hollingworth, Harry L.
One can find out the age at which any given child did learn to read, and work out the coefficient of correlation between this age and the child's amount of myopia.
From Applied Eugenics by Popenoe, Paul
The number which expresses this relation is called the coefficient of correlation.
From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Edman, Irwin
Connected with the coefficient of correlation, usually, is a figure for "probable error," which depends, primarily, on the square root of the number of observations.
From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.
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