canonical correlation

canonical correlation

[kə′nän·ə·kəl ‚kȯr·ə′lā·shən]
(statistics)
The maximum correlation between linear functions of two sets of random variables when specific restrictions are imposed upon the coefficients of the linear functions of the two sets.
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