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REGRESSION OF Y ON X

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does regression of y on x mean? 

REGRESSION OF Y ON X (noun)
  The noun REGRESSION OF Y ON X has 1 sense:

1. 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 yplay

  Familiarity information: REGRESSION OF Y ON X used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


REGRESSION OF Y ON X (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

regression equation; regression of y on x

Hypernyms ("regression of y on x" is a kind of...):

equation (a mathematical statement that two expressions are equal)

Domain 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)

Holonyms ("regression of y on x" is a part of...):

regression analysis (the use of regression to make quantitative predictions of one variable from the values of another)


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