simple regression

1. 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) (synset 106036794)
   referred to in: 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
   is a type of: statistical method, statistical procedure - a method of analyzing or representing statistical data; a procedure for calculating a statistic
   subtypes:

   • linear regression, rectilinear regression - the relation between variables when the regression equation is linear: e.g., y = ax + b
   • curvilinear regression - the relation between variables when the regression equation is nonlinear (quadratic or higher order)
   is a part of: regression analysis - the use of regression to make quantitative predictions of one variable from the values of another
   same as: regression, regression toward the mean, statistical regression

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