coefficient of correlation

Questions about coefficient of correlation

What does coefficient of correlation mean?

coefficient of correlation means "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)".

What is another word for coefficient of correlation?

Close synonyms include correlation coefficient, correlation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is coefficient of correlation a common word?

coefficient of correlation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.