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
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
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.
The coefficient of correlation is, in general, a measure of the relation between two different characteristics or conditions in a single group of individuals.
From The Social Direction of Evolution An Outline of the Science of Eugenics by Kellicott, William E.
There was a close relation between the amount of leaf scorch in August, 1950, and the amount of winter injury, the coefficient of correlation being 0.97, which is very highly significant.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951 by Northern Nut Growers Association
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