regression analysis

1. 1.

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

   Broadermultivariate analysis

   Partsregressionregression equationregression line

   statistics

Questions about regression analysis

What does regression analysis mean?

regression analysis means "the use of regression to make quantitative predictions of one variable from the values of another".

Is regression analysis a common word?

regression analysis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.