Definition

1. Noun:
   • A two-way tabulation of the relations between correlates: A "correlation table" is a statistical tool that displays the relationship between two variables. Row headings represent scores or categories of one variable, column headings represent scores or categories of the second variable, and each cell indicates the frequency (how many times) a specific score from the row variable was associated with a specific score from the column variable.

Usage

• A "correlation table" is used in statistics and data analysis to visually summarize and examine the association between two sets of data.
• It helps identify patterns, such as whether high scores on one variable tend to occur with high scores on another.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The researcher created a correlation table to examine the relationship between study hours and exam scores.
  • By looking at the correlation table, we can see if there is a link between age group and product preference.

Advanced Usage

• "to construct/build a correlation table": The process of creating this table from raw data.
  • The first step in the analysis was to construct a correlation table for the two key survey responses.
• "to interpret/read a correlation table": The act of analyzing the information presented in the table.
  • Interpreting a correlation table requires checking which cells have the highest frequencies.

Variants and Related Words

• Correlation (n): A mutual relationship or connection between two or more things.
  • The study found a strong positive correlation between exercise and health.
• Contingency table (n): A broader type of table used to display the frequency distribution of variables; a correlation table is a specific type of contingency table.
  • The data was first summarized in a contingency table.

Synonyms

• Cross-tabulation (n): Another term for a table showing the relationship between two categorical variables.
• Two-way frequency table (n): A table that displays frequencies for two categorical variables.

Related Phrases

• Correlation coefficient (n): A numerical measure that describes the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two variables, often calculated from data like that in a correlation table.
  • After creating the correlation table, they calculated the Pearson correlation coefficient.

Noun

1. a two-way tabulation of the relations between correlates; row headings are the scores on one variable and column headings are the scores on the second variables and a cell shows how many times the score on that row was associated with the score in that column