negative correlation

Noun
  1. A correlation in which large values of one variable are associated with small values of the other;
    The correlation coefficient is between 0 and -1 (synset 106042702)
    referred to in: 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
    is a type of: correlation, correlational statistics - 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
    same as: indirect correlation

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