regression analysis
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1. the use of regression to make quantitative predictions of one variable from the values of another (noun.cognition)
hypernym | : | multivariate analysis, |
definition | : | a generic term for any statistical technique used to analyze data from more than one variable (noun.cognition) |
part holonym | : | regression equation, regression of y on x, |
definition | : | the equation representing the relation between selected values of one variable (x) and observed values of the other (y); it permits the prediction of the most probable values of y (noun.cognition) |
part holonym | : | regression curve, regression line, |
definition | : | a smooth curve fitted to the set of paired data in regression analysis; for linear regression the curve is a straight line (noun.cognition) |
domain category | : | statistics, |
definition | : | a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters (noun.cognition) |
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