correlation

a connection or relationship between two things, especially when one thing changes in a way that is related to the other

relación, conexión, correlación

• there is a correlation between A and B

Collocations correlation between variables · positive/negative correlation

• There is a strong correlation between smoking and lung cancer.

  Hay una fuerte correlación entre el tabaquismo y el cáncer de pulmón.

a measure of the relationship between two sets of data, usually expressed as a number between -1 and +1

coeficiente de correlación, medida estadística

• calculate/calculate the correlation

Collocations correlation coefficient · statistical correlation

• The researchers calculated the correlation between age and income.

  Los investigadores calcularon la correlación entre edad e ingresos.