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tetrachoric correlation

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Noun1.tetrachoric correlation - a correlation coefficient computed for two normally distributed variables that are both expressed as a dichotomy
tetrachoric correlation coefficient
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
coefficient of correlation, correlation coefficient, 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); "what is the correlation between those two variables?"
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