correlational analysis
- noun
- /ˌkɔːrəˈleɪʃənəl əˈnælɪsɪs/
- Specialized
:
análisis correlacional
- Overall, correlational analysis revealed that stress and anxiety were positively correlated with reported illness.
- correlational analysis revealed
- correlational analysis was conducted
- correlational analyses were performed
Examples
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We conducted a correlational analysis to understand how stress and performance levels are related in the workplace.
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Relationships between individual dimensions of achievement motivation and college satisfaction were expected and supported by correlational analysis.
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Most of the results reported here were based on correlational analyses, with the highest r being .27.
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Within the position satisfaction factor, correlational analysis identified several job components as key sources of overall job satisfaction.
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The relationship of various demographic and workplace variables to overall job satisfaction was studied via correlational analysis.
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Results of the correlational analysis between Ethics Score (ES) and Age are shown in Table 3 below.
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We performed correlational analyses to assess associations between independent and dependent variables for males and females separately.
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To examine the relationships between the factors identified in the BCSMS and actual sport consumption tendencies, correlational analyses were performed.
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We explored data from the first third of the randomly selected sample (n = 1,026) through correlational analysis.
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After construction of the multi-indicator economic hardship factor, group comparisons and correlational analyses were conducted to investigate the criterion-related validity of the construct.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
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4.4
To look at numbers to find patterns and understand what they mean
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6.2
A way of using data with two or more variables to study how they relate
Methods that measure how two or more things change together
How Strong
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2.8
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4.2
- Specialized
415
3.3
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the process of examining relationships between variables' is directly derived from combining 'correlational' (pertaining to correlation/relationships) with 'analysis' (systematic examination). This is a regular adjective + noun composition following standard semantic composition patterns and would be comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words; similar formations occur across many languages.
Etymology
The term correlational analysis comes from the simple image of watching two things move together. Correlational is about how much they 'move together' and analysis means looking closely and measuring, so the phrase is used to show the 'relationship' between two or more things.