partial correlation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpartialandcorrelation
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partial
adjective
uk/ˈpɑː.ʃəl/us/ˈpɑːr.ʃəl/
not ...
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correlation
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌkɒr.əˈleɪ.ʃən/us/ˌkɔːr.əˈleɪ.ʃən/
a connection or relationship between two or more facts, ...
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Partialcorrelationcoefficients controlling for total brain volume were used to examine the relationship between amygdala and hippocampal volumes and demographic, cognitive and clinical variables.
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In order to eliminate such effects, we conducted apartialcorrelationanalysis controlling for the illness duration.
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Partialcorrelationanalysis was further used to discard putative confounding effects of one variable on the correlation between soil respiration and another variable.
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Consistent with findings obtained in the bivariate analyses, prior victimization did not predict later withdrawal, school absence, or achievement in thepartialcorrelationanalyses.
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The close interrelationships of these three variables are shown by thepartialcorrelationcoefficients.
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However, a positive test of this explanation can be formed by testing whether thepartialcorrelationis significantly lower than the raw correlation.
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Thepartialcorrelationcoefficient for these variables was 0-143 (i > <0-01).
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Oestrogens were not assayed in this experiment, and physical data were not available forpartialcorrelationanalysis.
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The test evaluates the null hypothesis of no relationship between two dissimilarity (distance) or similarity matrices viapartialcorrelationconditioned on a third matrix.
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To identify the relative importance of components of overall resistance, the contributions of antibiosis, tolerance, and plant growth potential were partitioned bypartialcorrelation.
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This pattern of findings was also supported by thepartialcorrelationanalyses for aggression, attention, and delinquency.
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Correlation andpartialcorrelationanalyses revealed that prior victimization predicted externalizing, internalizing, and social problems 2 years later for the sample as a whole.
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Traditionally, covariation, correlation andpartialcorrelationhave been used to investigate percept-percept coupling.
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Thepartialcorrelationis computed on the behavioural variable following this analysis.
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When the number of marriages is controlled for, thepartialcorrelationcoefficient drops to 0-118.
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These factors were used inpartialcorrelationanalysis to control for their possible effects on hormone levels.
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In particular, a low negativepartialcorrelationemerged both when recasts had an inhibitory effect on learning and also when recasts were critical for learning.
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When significant correlations were obtained, they were also examined bypartialcorrelationcoefficients controlling for potential confounders such as duration of illness, duration of medication, dose of neuroleptics, or age.
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