non-correlated

Meanings

1. 1adjectivenot comparablemathematicsspecialist

   Not having a statistical relationship in which one thing changes when another changes.

   Grammar: Used after verbs like 'be' or 'remain': the two sets are non-correlated.

   Patterns

   • be non-correlated with something
   • remain non-correlated

   The two test scores were non-correlated, so doing well on one did not predict the other.

   Researchers found that income and happiness were largely non-correlated in that sample.

2. 2adjectivenot comparableformal

   Not connected or linked in a way that one thing regularly affects another.

   Grammar: Often used before a noun or after 'be': non-correlated events.

   Patterns

   • non-correlated events
   • be non-correlated

   The two accidents were non-correlated and happened for completely different reasons.

   In this model, the variables are treated as non-correlated.

Common combinations

non-correlated variables

The analysis included several non-correlated variables.

largely non-correlated

The two measures were largely non-correlated.

non-correlated with

The results were non-correlated with the students' age.

Synonyms and how they differ

unrelated

'Unrelated' is the everyday word; 'non-correlated' is more precise and used in statistics.

independent

In statistics, 'independent' is a stronger claim than 'non-correlated', though they are often used together.

Opposites

Word family

correlate verb

To show a relationship between two things.

correlation noun

A connection between two things in which one changes with the other.

Commonly confused: non-correlated or uncorrelated?

Practice

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