Definition:Coefficient/Statistics

Definition

A coefficient, in the context of statistics, is a number that is used as a measure of some process being investigated.

Also see

• Definition:Correlation Coefficient
• Definition:Rank Correlation Coefficient

• Definition:Coefficient of Determination
• Definition:Coefficient of Variation
• Definition:Coefficient of Skewness
• Definition:Coefficient of Kurtosis

• Definition:Cohen's Kappa Statistic
• Definition:Kendall's Coefficient of Concordance

• Results about coefficients in the context of statistics can be found here.

Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): coefficient: 2.
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): coefficient: 2.