CORRELATIONAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does correlational mean? 

• CORRELATIONAL (adjective)
  The adjective CORRELATIONAL has 1 sense:

1. relating to or employing correlation

  Familiarity information: CORRELATIONAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORRELATIONAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or employing correlation

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

correlation (a reciprocal relation between two or more things)

Derivation:

correlation (a statistical relation between two or more variables such that systematic changes in the value of one variable are accompanied by systematic changes in the other)

correlation (a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlation) to +1 (perfect positive correlation))

correlation (a reciprocal relation between two or more things)

 Context examples 

A set of statistical procedures designed to accumulate experimental and correlational results across independent studies that address a related set of research questions.

(Meta-analysis, NCI Thesaurus)

Though the findings are correlational, the researchers say they may offer an alternative to the outcry from pediatricians and public health officials for later school start times.

(Children Who Nap Are Happier, Have Higher IQ, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)