correlation coefficient
noun
: a number or function that indicates the degree of correlation between two sets of data or between two random variables and that is equal to their covariance divided by the product of their standard deviations
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The correlation coefficient between someone's 30-day interest rating, and their average daily score, was r=0.70.
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Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 29 June 2013
The reliability of the neural responses to emotions was defined using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC).
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2017
Lyvers et al did a survey study of 106 university students and found that alexithymia was correlated with the amount of caffeine consumed per day (p < 0.01, correlation coefficient r = 0.26).
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 18 Sep. 2014
The 90-day correlation coefficient of Bitcoin and the tech gauge now stands above 0.68, the highest such reading in Bloomberg data going back to 2010.
—Vildana Hajric, Fortune, 10 May 2022
The 90-day correlation coefficient of the coin and a basket of non-profitable tech stocks now stands above 0.60, the highest such reading on record.
—Vildana Hajric, Fortune, 18 Apr. 2022
Bitcoin has, as of late, sung the tune of the stock market, with the 100-day correlation coefficient of the coin and the S&P 500 now standing at 0.44.
—Emily Graffeo, Fortune, 7 Jan. 2022
That’s a lot to risk on a 0.14 correlation coefficient.
—Brad Federman, Forbes, 15 June 2021
The table below shows the correlation coefficient between Biden’s support and the share of people in a county reporting certain ancestries—only those reported by at least 2 million people are included.
—Dan Kopf, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2020
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Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 29 June 2013
The reliability of the neural responses to emotions was defined using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC).
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2017
Lyvers et al did a survey study of 106 university students and found that alexithymia was correlated with the amount of caffeine consumed per day (p < 0.01, correlation coefficient r = 0.26).
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 18 Sep. 2014
The 90-day correlation coefficient of Bitcoin and the tech gauge now stands above 0.68, the highest such reading in Bloomberg data going back to 2010.
—Vildana Hajric, Fortune, 10 May 2022
The 90-day correlation coefficient of the coin and a basket of non-profitable tech stocks now stands above 0.60, the highest such reading on record.
—Vildana Hajric, Fortune, 18 Apr. 2022
Bitcoin has, as of late, sung the tune of the stock market, with the 100-day correlation coefficient of the coin and the S&P 500 now standing at 0.44.
—Emily Graffeo, Fortune, 7 Jan. 2022
That’s a lot to risk on a 0.14 correlation coefficient.
—Brad Federman, Forbes, 15 June 2021
The table below shows the correlation coefficient between Biden’s support and the share of people in a county reporting certain ancestries—only those reported by at least 2 million people are included.
—Dan Kopf, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2020
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1895, in the meaning defined above
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