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Definition of Skew correlation
1. Noun. Any correlation in which the rates of change of the variables is not constant.
Category relationships: Statistics
Generic synonyms: Correlation, Correlational Statistics
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skew Correlation
Literary usage of Skew correlation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A First Course in Statistics by D. Caradog Jones (1921)
"... also in the case of skew correlation. Pearson afterwards developed a method
of determining the correlation of characters not quantitatively measurable, ..."
2. An Introduction to the Theory of Statistics by George Udny Yule (1919)
"Ix., 1897, case of skew correlation," Proc. Roy. Soc.. vol. lx., 1897, p. 477.
(6) YULE, GU, "On the Theory of Correlation for any number of Variables ..."
3. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1916)
"On the Theory of skew correlation and Non-linear Regression. By Karl Pearson,
FRS Price $1.50, net III. Mathematical Contributions to the Theory of ..."
4. Variation and Differentiation in Ceratophyllum by Raymond Pearl, Olive May Pepper, Florence J. Hagle (1907)
"... ratio (which is the better measure in these cases of skew correlation) is
markedly higher for the tertiaries than for secondaries (cf. table 38, supra). ..."
5. Introduction to Mathematical Statistics by Carl Joseph West (1918)
"YULE, GU "On the Significance of Bravais" Formulae for Regression, etc., in the
case of skew correlation", Proc. Roy. Soc., Vol. LX, 1897, pp. 477 et seq. ..."
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