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biserial correlation coefficient

DEFINITIONS OF: biserial correlation coefficient

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n a correlation coefficient in which one variable is many-valued and the other is dichotomous

Synonyms:
biserial correlation
Type of:
coefficient of correlation, correlation, correlation coefficient
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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