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biserial correlation vs correlation coefficient

correlation coefficient vs biserial correlation

biserial correlation and correlation coefficient both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
biserial correlation Yes No No No
correlation coefficient Yes No No No
As nouns, correlation coefficient is a hypernym of biserial correlation; that is, correlation coefficient is a word with a broader meaning than biserial correlation:
  • biserial correlation: a correlation coefficient in which one variable is many-valued and the other is dichotomous
  • 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)
Other hypernyms of biserial correlation include coefficient of correlation, correlation.
biserial correlation (noun) correlation coefficient (noun)
a correlation coefficient in which one variable is many-valued and the other is dichotomous 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)
Difference between biserial correlation and correlation coefficient

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