covariation
- noun
- /ˌkoʊvəˈreɪʃən/
- Specialized
- The study showed a strong covariation between temperature and the number of ice cream sales.
- covariation effect
- findings regarding covariation
Examples
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Our comprehensive multipollutant assessment of five gases and three PM size fractions allowed us to examine covariation among the pollutants and the differences of these air pollutants among the households.
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Thus, although one cannot validly infer causal relationships, the findings regarding covariation provide a first step in understanding the association between variables.
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The expression of genetic variation and covariation also changes with environmental conditions.
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Considerable covariation and minimal differences were found across conditions.
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The aim of this article was to investigate the nature and extent of covariation between SDO and measures of ethical beliefs.
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Figure 2 presents the final model's structural path parameter estimates, including estimates of covariation among the dependent variables.
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Researchers noted a significant covariation in the data, indicating that as one variable increased, so did the other.
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The report highlighted the covariation of income levels and education rates in different regions.
Synonyms
A number from -1 to 1 that shows how two things change together
How two things that can change move together on average
A number between -1 and 1 that shows how strongly two things change together
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word covariation comes from co- meaning 'together' and variation, from vary meaning 'to change'. So covariation means how much two things change together, which is exactly what it describes in statistics.