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Correlation vs Crosscorrelation - What's the difference?

correlation | crosscorrelation |

In statistics terms the difference between correlation and crosscorrelation

is that correlation is one of the several measures of the linear statistical relationship between two random variables, indicating both the strength and direction of the relationship while crosscorrelation is correlation between the corresponding members of different series.

As nouns the difference between correlation and crosscorrelation

is that correlation is a reciprocal, parallel or complementary relationship between two or more comparable objects while crosscorrelation is correlation between the corresponding members of different series.

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

    crosscorrelation

    English

    Alternative forms

    *cross-correlation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (statistics) correlation between the corresponding members of different series