tetrachoric correlation vs correlation

tetrachoric correlation and correlation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tetrachoric correlation	Yes	No	No	No
correlation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, correlation is a hypernym of tetrachoric correlation; that is, correlation is a word with a broader meaning than tetrachoric correlation:

tetrachoric correlation: a correlation coefficient computed for two normally distributed variables that are both expressed as a dichotomy
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)

Other hypernyms of tetrachoric correlation include coefficient of correlation, correlation coefficient.

tetrachoric correlation (noun)	correlation (noun)
a correlation coefficient computed for two normally distributed variables that are both expressed as a dichotomy	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)
	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
	a reciprocal relation between two or more things

tetrachoric correlation vs correlation

tetrachoric correlation and correlation both are nouns.

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