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Correlation vs Precorrelation - What's the difference?

correlation | precorrelation |

As a noun correlation

is a reciprocal, parallel or complementary relationship between two or more comparable objects.

As an adjective precorrelation is

happening before correlation.

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

    precorrelation

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Happening before correlation
  • See also

    *postcorrelation