autocorrelation
noun
au·to·cor·re·la·tion
ˌȯ-tō-ˌkȯr-ə-ˈlā-shən 
-ˌkär-
: the correlation between paired values of a function of a mathematical or statistical variable taken at usually constant intervals that indicates the degree of periodicity of the function
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Such a trend would have a negative autocorrelation — the average tends to revert to the mean over time.
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G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2023
When autocorrelation is too high, a model is not reacting enough to movement in the underlying data.
—G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2023
Ever since the 1984 result, one technique that had proved fruitful was to look at the amount of overlap a candidate set of points has with a shifted copy of itself, using something called an autocorrelation function.
—Anna Kramer, Quanta Magazine, 19 July 2023
The problem is one that regular readers may remember: autocorrelation, also known as non-independence of observations.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2018
One main root of the problem is spatial autocorrelation - the fact that the fMRI signal tends to be similar (correlated) across nearby regions.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 5 May 2016
G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2023
When autocorrelation is too high, a model is not reacting enough to movement in the underlying data.
—G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2023
Ever since the 1984 result, one technique that had proved fruitful was to look at the amount of overlap a candidate set of points has with a shifted copy of itself, using something called an autocorrelation function.
—Anna Kramer, Quanta Magazine, 19 July 2023
The problem is one that regular readers may remember: autocorrelation, also known as non-independence of observations.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2018
One main root of the problem is spatial autocorrelation - the fact that the fMRI signal tends to be similar (correlated) across nearby regions.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 5 May 2016
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