“coefficient of”

The following 19 entries include the term coefficient of.

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coefficient of variation

: the ratio of the measure of variability, usually the standard deviation, to an average, usually the arithmetical mean, about which the variation occurs

coefficient of velocity

: the ratio of the actual velocity to the theoretical velocity of a fluid jet

Pearsonian coefficient of correlation

rank-difference coefficient of correlation

: the correlation coefficient applied to the rank numbers of two sets of variables

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