Viennese School

a group of early 20th-century practitioners of psychoanalysis, based in Vienna, who followed the theories of Sigmund Freud. Also called Vienna School; Wiener Schule. See also Wednesday Evening Society.

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May 8th 2024

linear correlation

a measure of the degree of association between two variables that are assumed to have a linear relationship, that is, to be related in such a manner that their values form a straight line when plotted on a graph. It provides an index of the degree of constant change in the value of one variable (y) for each unit change in the value of another variable (x).