Word (or shorter phrase for) "evaluate the relationship between"? [closed]

I recommend simply:

Evaluate the relationships between:
- cats and dogs
- cats and snakes
- cats and porcupines

As for you comment, what you are evaluating is called correlation (e.g. the older a person is, the higher the iq result in one test), this is a specific type of relation between variables in a statistical test. So, possibly you could substitue "evaluate the relationship between" for "test correlation between (x and y, y and z, etc)". You could say "test correlation between x, y and z", in this way it would comprise all the tests between variables

I'm don't know of a briefer term for that phrase; you may find it expedient to start out with "Let X stand for evaluating the relationship between two items", and then go on with your list of "X P and Q" elements. Suitable choices for X are thick on the ground: for example, reconcile, which ordinarily means "To make things compatible or consistent" may suit, as more figuratively may one of orthogonalize, orthonormalize, fix, rationalize, rebasis, convolve, stratify. Or, format the list as an explanation followed by bare "P, Q" elements.

If you are comparing certain aspects of behavoir, function, utility, etc. between these pairs of animals, the term analogy (noun) or analogous (adjective) may be appropriate, especially if the structures that leads to those characteristics are different.

Compare and contrast height and weight?