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Correlation vs Affiliation - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between correlation and affiliation

is that correlation is a reciprocal, parallel or complementary relationship between two or more comparable objects while affiliation is the relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another.

correlation

Noun

(en noun)
  • A reciprocal, parallel or complementary relationship between two or more comparable objects
  • (statistics) One of the several measures of the linear statistical relationship between two random variables, indicating both the strength and direction of the relationship.
  • An isomorphism from a projective space to the dual of a projective space, often to the dual of itself.
  • Derived terms

    * autocorrelation * correlation coefficient * Pearson correlation

    affiliation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another.
  • A club, society or umbrella organisation so formed, especially a trade union.