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Definition of Direct correlation

1. Noun. A correlation in which large values of one variable are associated with large values of the other and small with small; the correlation coefficient is between 0 and +1.

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Literary usage of Direct correlation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1863)
"On the direct correlation of Mechanical and Chemical Forces." By HENRY CLIFTON SORBY, FRS Received April 29, 1863. Perhaps it may be thought somewhat ..."

2. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science by Indiana Academy of Science (1922)
"... joint of the peduncle of the second antenna is in direct proportion to the length, •which in turn has a direct correlation with the age of the animal. ..."

3. The Philosophy of the Supernatural by William Henry Platt (1886)
"Accordant forces are in direct correlation ; discordant forces are in inverse correlation. 3. ... (a) direct correlation is seen when any two quantities, ..."

4. Mind in Evolution by Leonard Trelawney Hobhouse (1901)
"Classing feelings among motor-stimuli, we may describe the whole process as a direct correlation of a set of motor experiences with subsequent reactions to ..."

5. Educational Psychology by Edward Lee Thorndike (1903)
"As with stature, the first method showed a decided direct correlation and the second showed a zero or slightly negative correlation. ..."

6. Manual of Mental and Physical Tests: A Book of Directions Compiled with by Guy Montrose Whipple (1910)
"AC-BC V (1 - AC1) (1 - BC2) in which ABt = the true correlation between A and B, ABU = the apparent correlation between A and B. AC = the direct correlation ..."

7. Criminology by Maurice Parmelee (1918)
"The accompanying charts indicate direct correlation between the prices of wheat and crimes against property in England and Wales and in France, ..."

8. Readings in Descriptive and Historical Sociology by Franklin Henry Giddings (1906)
"Besides this direct correlation of types and of resemblance with the demotic heterogeneity or homogeneity, there is also a direct correlation of mental and ..."

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