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    PRODUCT-MOMENT CORRELATION COEFFICIENT

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    The most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between variables that are linearly relatedplay

    Synonyms:

    Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient; product-moment correlation coefficient

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("product-moment correlation coefficient" is a kind 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))

    Domain category:

    statistics (a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters)

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