correlation
英 [,k?r?'le??(?)n; -r?-]
美[,k?r?'le??n]
- n. [數] 相關，關聯；相互關系
英英釋意
- 1. a reciprocal relation between two or more things
- 2. 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 the correlation between those two variables?"
- 3. a statistical relation between two or more variables such that systematic changes in the value of one variable are accompanied by systematic changes in the other