Concept information
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philosophy and the social sciences
cognitive sciences, neurosciences, and social explanation
social cognition
inferences
Preferred term
correlation
Definition
- Correlation is a synonym for association. Within the framework of statistics, the term correlation refers to a group of indices that are employed to describe the magnitude and nature of a relationship between two or more variables. [Source: Encyclopedia of Research Design; Correlation]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/correlation
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