correlation 详细解释

correlation

[.kɔ:ri'leiʃən]

n.相互关系, 相关, 关联

n.

1. 相互关系, 关联[C][(+between)]

the correlation between climate and vegetation

气候与植物生长之间的关系

2. 相关性[U]

词形变化

形容词: correlational |

词义辨析

同义参见:

parallel  analogy  reference  

英英释义

名词 correlation:

a reciprocal relation between two or more things

同义词: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)

同义词: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

同义词:correlational statistics

补充

correlationcorrelation英:[ˌkɔriˈleiʃən] 美:[ˌkɔrəˈleʃən, ˌkɑr-]n.1.相互的关系

例句

1. the correlation between smoking and disease吸烟和疾病之间的联系 2. research showed a clear correlation between recession and levels of property crime.研究显示经济衰退与财产犯罪数量有明显联系。 3. the correlation of brain size and/with intelligence脑大小与智力高低的相互关系 4. the high/strong correlation between poverty and crime [=the fact that crime is more common when there is more poverty]贫穷与犯罪的高/强相关 5. Researchers have found a direct correlation between smoking and lung cancer.研究人员发现吸烟与肺癌直接相关。 6. She says that there's no correlation between being thin and being happy.她说胖瘦与幸福感无关。