regression toward the mean

Questions about regression toward the mean

What does regression toward the mean mean?

regression toward the mean means "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)".

What is another word for regression toward the mean?

Close synonyms include regression, simple regression, statistical regression. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is regression toward the mean a common word?

regression toward the mean 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.