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