Correlation vs Coordination - What's the difference?
correlation | coordination |
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.
the act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect.
* 1919: Robert W. Chambers, In Secret
the resulting state of working together; cooperation; synchronization
* 1900: Irving Bacheller, Eben Holden, A Tale of the North Country
the ability to coordinate one's senses and physical movements in order to act skillfully.
(possibly archaic) the state of being equal in rank or power.
* c. 1833: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
(grammar) an equal joining together two or more phrases or clauses, for example, using and'', ''or'', or ''but .
(chemistry) The reaction of one or more ligands with a metal ion to form a coordination compound
As nouns the difference between correlation and coordination
is that correlation is a reciprocal, parallel or complementary relationship between two or more comparable objects while coordination is the act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect.correlation
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(wikipedia correlation)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* autocorrelation * correlation coefficient * Pearson correlationcoordination
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(wikipedia coordination)Alternative forms
* co-ordination,Noun
(en-noun)- Then there's the State Service and the police and several other services. And there is no proper co-ordination , no single head for all these agencies.
- We stood dodging each other a moment with that unfortunate co-ordination of purpose men sometimes encounter when passing each other.
- I'm terrible at sports -- I have no coordination .
- There are two possible modes of unity in a State; one by absolute coordination of each to all, and of all to each; the other by subordination of classes and offices.