regression coefficient

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   when the regression line is linear (y = ax + b) the regression coefficient is the constant (a) that represents the rate of change of one variable (y) as a function of changes in the other (x); it is the slope of the regression line

   Broaderparametric statistic

   Part oflinear regression

   statistics

Questions about regression coefficient

What does regression coefficient mean?

regression coefficient means "when the regression line is linear (y = ax + b) the regression coefficient is the constant (a) that represents the rate of change of one variable (y) as a function of changes in the other (x); it is the slope of the regression line".

Is regression coefficient a common word?

regression coefficient 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.