# Correlation coefficient

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/correlation-coefficient/3966>\
**Category:** Statistics\
**Created:** [May 28, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/correlation-coefficient/3966 "2017-05-28T17:19:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![acad2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@acad2](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/acad2)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/correlation-coefficient/3966/1 "2017-05-28T17:19:05Z")

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The function for Pearson correlation coefficient is `cor`. Isn’t it a good idea to make it (something like) `correlation`? Otherwise, it looks like cryptic function names in Matlab.

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**Author:** ![bramtayl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bramtayl/32/3614_2.png) [@bramtayl](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bramtayl)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 4:01am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/correlation-coefficient/3966/2 "2017-05-29T04:01:08Z")

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> **[cor - Wiktionary, the free dictionary](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cor#English)**

NB: Cor chase my Aunt Fanny up a gum tree