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correlation

Format: correlation( list1, list2 )

Arguments: [real] list1, list2 Input lists

Returns: (real) The correlation coefficient for the two list

Description: The correlation coefficient is a measure of the extent to which two sequences of numbers are correlated. A coefficient of 1.0 implies 100% correlation and -1.0 implies 100% negative correlation.

Examples: correlation([1,2,3,4,5],[1,3,2,5,4]) = 0.8

See Also: variance, std, rsquared

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