correlational statistics
- noun
- /ˌkɔːrəˈleɪʃənəl stəˈtɪstɪks/
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estadísticas correlacionales
- Researchers used correlational statistics to examine the relationship between exercise habits and blood pressure.
Examples
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In psychology, correlational statistics help reveal how different behaviors relate to one another.
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Understanding correlational statistics is essential for interpreting data in social science studies.
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Researchers use correlational statistics to analyze data.
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In her thesis, Maria focused on correlational statistics.
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In psychology, correlational statistics help reveal how different behaviors relate to one another.
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Researchers used correlational statistics to examine the relationship between exercise habits and blood pressure.
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Understanding correlational statistics is essential for interpreting data in social science studies.
Synonyms
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To look at numbers to find patterns and understand what they mean
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A way of using data with two or more variables to study how they relate
A way of using numbers to see how strongly two or more things are related
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is compositionally transparent: 'correlational' (= pertaining to correlation) simply modifies 'statistics' (methods for analyzing data), so a learner who knows both constituent meanings can infer it refers to statistical methods measuring relationships between variables. The structure follows a regular adjective + noun pattern found across languages, making the meaning predictable rather than idiomatic.
Etymology
The phrase correlational statistics comes from the image of two lines or dots on a graph moving together; correlational means 'moving together' and statistics are 'methods with numbers', so these methods show how much one thing changes when another does.