correlation coefficient
noun Statistics.
one of a number of measures of correlation, usually assuming values from +1 to −1.
Also called
coefficient of correlation.
Origin of correlation coefficient
First recorded in 1905–10
Words nearby correlation coefficient
correggio,
corregidor,
correl.,
correlate,
correlation,
correlation coefficient,
correlation ratio,
correlative,
correlative conjunction,
correns,
corresp.
British Dictionary definitions for correlation coefficient
correlation coefficient
noun
statistics
a statistic measuring the degree of correlation between two variables as by dividing their covariance by the square root of the product of their variances. The closer the correlation coefficient is to 1 or –1 the greater the correlation; if it is random, the coefficient is zero
See also Pearson's correlation coefficient, Spearman's rank-order coefficient