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Meanings of coefficient of correlation in English

Portuguese
correlação
Catalan
coeficient de correlació
Spanish
correlación

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)

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        Usage of coefficient of correlation in English
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        The number which expresses this relation is called the coefficient of correlation.
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        The formula for finding the coefficient of correlation can be understood from examples of its application.
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        Suppose, for example, that in correlating crime and unemployment, the coefficient of correlation were found to be .47.
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        The linear coefficient of correlation between mean MND and mean nuclear area was 0.84.
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        If there is no relationship indicated by the measures of achievements which we have found, then the coefficient of correlation becomes 0.
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        The coefficient of correlation between number of abnormal nerves and the value of PNI-R mounted up to -0.87.
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        If crime were never found in unemployment, and unemployment never in crime, the coefficient of correlation would be -1, indicating a perfect inverse relationship.
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        Results: The median Pearson coefficient of correlation between manually and automatically withdrawn blood samples was 0.976 (0.953-0.996).
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        If in every case of unemployment crime were found and in every case of crime, unemployment, the coefficient of correlation would be +1.
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        The coefficient of correlation between tumor volume and serum alpha-fetoprotein of tumor-bearing mice was 0.51 in YST-1 and 0.42 in YST-2.
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        Descriptive statistics, coefficients of correlation and of variation (CV) were performed.
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        Convergent validity was determined using Pearson coefficients of correlation.
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        The analyses consisted, first, in establishing the matrix of correlations between these self-reports total scores, using Pearson's coefficients of correlation.
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        Translations for coefficient of correlation
        Portuguese
        correlação