CHANCE-HALF CORRELATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chance-half correlation mean? 

• CHANCE-HALF CORRELATION (noun)
  The noun CHANCE-HALF CORRELATION has 1 sense:

1. a correlation coefficient calculated between scores on two halves of a test; taken as an indication of the reliability of the test

  Familiarity information: CHANCE-HALF CORRELATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHANCE-HALF CORRELATION (noun)

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Meaning:

A correlation coefficient calculated between scores on two halves of a test; taken as an indication of the reliability of the test

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

chance-half correlation; split-half correlation

Hypernyms ("chance-half correlation" is a kind of...):

coefficient of correlation; correlation; correlation coefficient (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))

Domain category:

statistics (a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters)