regression

Definitions

re- (back) + gress (step) + -ion (act of) = a stepping-back. In statistics, 'regression' names how data points fall back toward an average line — the famous 'regression toward the mean.'

Common Collocations

• 1.linear regression线性回归
• 2.regression analysis回归分析
• 3.regression to the mean均值回归
• 4.regression model回归模型

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The therapist noted a regression in the patient's behavior.

• 2.

  We used linear regression to predict future sales.