Term: 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)
Candidate hypernym: parametric statistic: any statistic computed by procedures that assume the data were drawn from a particular distribution → 1
Candidate hypernym: complementary medicine: the practice of medicine that combines traditional medicine with alternative medicine → 0
Candidate hypernym: naphtha: any of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures; used chiefly as solvents → 0
Candidate hypernym: sower: someone who sows → 0
Candidate hypernym: notophthalmus: newts → 0
Candidate hypernym: russian orthodox church: an independent church with its own Patriarch; until 1917 it was the established church or Russia → 0
Candidate hypernym: ulatrophia: recession of the gums → 0
Candidate hypernym: caproidae: boarfishes → 0
Candidate hypernym: federal aviation agency: an agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation → 0
Candidate hypernym: morula: a solid mass of blastomeres that forms when the zygote splits; develops into the blastula → 0
Candidate hypernym: pornographer: someone who presents shows or sells writing or pictures that are sexually explicit in violation of the community mores → 0