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REGRESSION OF Y ON X
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I. (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
Synonyms:
regression equation; regression of y on x
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
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)
