correlation
/ˌkɔɹəˈɫeɪʃən/
a measure of the strength and direction of relationship between variables
correlation in a sentence
“Height and weight show a positive correlation.”
Origin of correlation
Medieval Latin correlatio, from com- together + relatio relation
Related Words
regression
a method for modeling the relationship between variables
coefficient of determination
the proportion of variance explained by a model (R²)
residual
the difference between observed and predicted values
heteroscedasticity
non-constant variance in the error terms of a regression
multicollinearity
high correlation among predictor variables
interpolation
estimating values within the range of known data