Meaning | 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); it is the slope of the regression line. |
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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 |
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Part of | linear regression, rectilinear regression | The relation between variables when the regression equation is linear |
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Broader | parametric statistic | Any statistic computed by procedures that assume the data were drawn from a particular distribution |
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