correlation-corrélation: meaning, definitions and translations

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What is correlation? correlation is corrélation

What is corrélation?

  • A causal, complementary, parallel, or reciprocal relationship, especially a structural, functional, or qualitative correspondence between two comparable entities: a correlation between drug abuse and crime.

    Une relation causale, complémentaire, parallèle ou réciproque, en particulier une correspondance structurelle, fonctionnelle ou qualitative entre deux entités comparables: une corrélation entre l’abus de drogues et la criminalité.

  • Statistics The simultaneous change in value of two numerically valued random variables: the positive correlation between cigarette smoking and the incidence of lung cancer; the negative correlation between age and normal vision.

    Statistiques Variation simultanée de la valeur de deux variables aléatoires à valeur numérique : la corrélation positive entre le tabagisme et l’incidence du cancer du poumon; la corrélation négative entre l’âge et la vision normale.

  • An act of correlating or the condition of being correlated.

    Un acte de corrélation ou la condition d’être corrélé.

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