What is the meaning of correlation?

A reciprocal relation between two or more things.
- synonyms: correlativity
A statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlation. to +1 (perfect positive correlation))
- usage: "what is the correlation between those two variables"
- synonyms: correlation coefficient, coefficient of correlation
A statistical relation between two or more variables such that systematic changes in the value of one variable are accompanied by systematic changes in the other.
- synonyms: correlational statistics

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