| NOUN | cognition | rectilinear regression, linear regression | the relation between variables when the regression equation is linear |
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| Meaning | The relation between variables when the regression equation is linear: e.g., y = ax + b. | |
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| Synonym | linear regression | |
| Category | statistics | A branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters |
| Parts | regression coefficient | When the regression line is linear (y = ax + b) the regression coefficient is the constant (a) that represents the rate of change of one variable (y) as a function of changes in the other (x) |
| Broader | regression, simple regression, regression toward the mean, statistical regression | The relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x) |
| Catalan | regressió lineal | |
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