| / English Dictionary |
SPLIT-HALF CORRELATION
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A correlation coefficient calculated between scores on two halves of a test; taken as an indication of the reliability of the test
Synonyms:
chance-half correlation; split-half correlation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("split-half correlation" 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)
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
