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Definition of Negative correlation

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Negative Correlation

Literary usage of Negative correlation

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

1. Correlation of Some Psychological and Educational Measurements, with Special by William Anderson McCall (1916)
"Cancellation tests and this more complex group we find a negative correlation. If the reader will turn back to Table I and count the number of coefficients ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1922)
"... shows a distinct negative correlation between rate of gain and economy of gain, entirely disproving the apparent relation shown by Tables IX. to XV. ..."

3. The American Journal of Psychology by Edward Bradford ( Titchener, Granville Stanley Hall (1918)
"(1) It was found that "a slight negative correlation (—.21) appeared between interest ... For the class of 1919 this negative correlation was larger (—.38), ..."

4. An Introduction to the Theory of Statistics by George Udny Yule (1919)
"Similarly, the case discussed under (6) is covered by the case of negative correlation, for if each card is always drawn from a separate and distinct part ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1908)
"If we group together the unseparated halves (124 in number) with the separated ones (59), we find that the negative correlation between length and breadth ..."

6. Variation in Animals and Plants by Horace Middleton Vernon (1903)
"We must also recognise the existence of negative correlation, ... Here again we may experience all degrees of negative correlation, just as of positive. ..."

7. A Study of Women Delinquents in New York State by Mabel Ruth Fernald, Mary Holmes Stevens Hayes, Almena Dawley, Beardsley Ruml (1920)
"We feel inclined to believe, therefore, that there is probably a valid, though small association, and that there exists a significant negative correlation ..."

8. The University of Iowa Studies in Psychology by University of Iowa (1897)
"The negative correlation between — and Yi which we secured means a positive correlation between XYX and i and this is necessarily due to a negative ..."

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