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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Coefficient higher/greater
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The correlation coefficient of X is higher/greater than y.
Which is correct? Why?
I brain is going bonkers. I always used higher without thinking, but when I found out about "greater than," I am having shivers. Was I wrong all this time?
Please help!!
The correlation coefficient of X is higher/greater than y.
Which is correct? Why?
I brain is going bonkers. I always used higher without thinking, but when I found out about "greater than," I am having shivers. Was I wrong all this time?
Please help!!
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Anonymous The correlation coefficient of X is higher/greater than y. In this case, I feel stongly that "greater than" is the natural, most common choice. This is based on what I've heard around me for many years.
- Anonymous The correlation coefficient of X is higher/greater than y.
- In this case, I feel stongly that "greater than" is the natural, most common choice.
- This is based on what I've heard around me for many years.
- I wouldn't say that "higher than" is incorrect.
- " It wouldn't make a difference.
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AnonymousThe correlation coefficient of X is higher/greater than y.In this case, I feel stongly that "greater than" is the natural, most common choice.
This is based on what I've heard around me for many years.
I wouldn't say that "higher than" is incorrect.
(You didn't mean "greater than that ofY." It wouldn't make a diffe
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Yes, I meant "higher/greater than that of Y."
Do you know exactly why "greater" is the correct choice?
Do you know exactly why "greater" is the correct choice?
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AnonymousDo you know exactly why "greater" is the correct choice?No.
(I didn't say "higher" is incorrect.)
I was thinking along the lines of negative values vs. negative numbers, but it's just a guess.
We think of 12 as being higher than 9, but 9 is greater than -12.
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In mathematics,
x > y
is always read "x is greater than y" -- never "x is higher than y".
A coefficient is a distinctly mathematical concept, so there is absolutely no reason to use "higher".
Contrast: The top of this building is higher than the top of that building.
Say "greater than".
x > y
is always read "x is greater than y" -- never "x is higher than y".
A coefficient is a distinctly mathematical concept, so there is absolutely no reason to use "higher".
Contrast: The top of this building is higher than the top of that building.
Say "greater than".
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