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Meaning of 'correlation' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Correlation [ n.]
- Reciprocal relation; corresponding similarity or parallelism of relation or law; capacity of being converted into, or of giving place to, one another, under certain conditions; as, the correlation of forces, or of zymotic diseases.

Meaning of 'correlation' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . correlation [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlation) to +1 (perfect positive correlation)
Example in sentence:
  • what is the correlation between those two variables?

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