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PRODUCT-MOMENT CORRELATION COEFFICIENT
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
The most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between variables that are linearly related
Synonyms:
Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient; product-moment correlation coefficient
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("product-moment correlation coefficient" is a kind of...):
coefficient of correlation; correlation; correlation coefficient (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))
Domain category:
statistics (a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters)
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