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product-moment correlation coefficient

DEFINITIONS OF: product-moment correlation coefficient

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n the most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between variables that are linearly related

Synonyms:
Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient
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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