
A nominal choropleth map is a map that displays a unique value.
A univariate choropleth map is a choropleth map that displays a single attribute.
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The correlation matrix computes the correlation coefficients of the columns of a matrix. That is, row i and column j of the correlation matrix is the correlation between column i and column j of the original matrix. The diagonal elements of the correlation matrix will be 1 since they are the correlation of a column with itself. The correlation matrix is also symmetric since the correlation of column i with column j is the same as the correlation of column j with column i.