Correlation is the degree to which two or more quantities are linearly associated. In a two-dimensional plot, the degree of correlation between the values on the two
axes is quantified by the so-called correlation
coefficient .
Correlating values of a variable autocorrelation .
See also Autocorrelation ,
Correlation Coefficient ,
Cross-Correlation ,
Geometric
Correlation ,
Recurrence Plot ,
Statistical
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with corresponding values at a different time is called autocorrelation.
