phi correlation

/faɪ ˈkɔrəˌleɪʃən/
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Definitions of phi correlation
  1. noun
    an index of the relation between any two sets of scores that can both be represented on ordered binary dimensions (e.g., male-female)
    synonyms: fourfold point correlation, phi coefficient
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    type of:
    distribution free statistic, nonparametric statistic
    a statistic computed without knowledge of the form or the parameters of the distribution from which observations are drawn
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