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partial correlation

DEFINITIONS OF: partial correlation

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n a correlation between two variables when the effects of one or more related variables are removed

Types:
first-order correlation
a partial correlation in which the effects of only one variable are removed (held constant)
Type of:
correlation, correlational statistics
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
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