In statistical analysis, a measure of the correlation between one variable and another. The correlation coefficient ranges from minus one, when the two variables are perfectly inversely linearly related, to plus one, when the two variables have a perfect direct linear relationship. If the correlation coefficient is zero, then the variables have no linear relationship.

See:

regression analysis.

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