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Definition of Positive 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 Positive 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)
"There are those who believe that training in one mental function is transferred to another in proportion to the size of the positive correlation between the ..."

2. Mood in Relation to Performance by Elizabeth Teresa Sullivan (1922)
"... with the men there is a rather noticeable increase in positive correlation for pulse and performance. For the group as a whole the tendency is still ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1908)
"In this larger collection the short specimens are much the narrower, the large specimens much broader—giving high positive correlation. ..."

4. Experimental Education: Laboratory Manual and Typical Results by Frank Nugent Freeman (1916)
"Chart VII, B, indicates an approach to a parallelism of the two lines, indicating considerable positive correlation. The ready comparison is made possible, ..."

5. The American Journal of Psychology by Edward Bradford ( Titchener, Granville Stanley Hall (1918)
"(4) For 1918, " The highest positive correlation, one really significant, ... This positive correlation was confirmed for 1919 (.54), and for 1920 (.45). ..."

6. A Biometric Study of Basal Metabolism in Man by James Arthur Harris, Francis Gano Benedict (1919)
"There is a low but significant positive correlation between minimum ... There is a high positive correlation between body-weight and gaseous exchange. ..."

7. An Introduction to the Theory of Statistics by George Udny Yule (1919)
"X., a marked positive correlation might be observed between, say, the bulk of a crop and the rainfall during a certain period, and practically no ..."

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