Regression

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1. Noun

The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation.

2. noun

A method for modelling how an outcome relates to other factors.

A statistical method for estimating relationships between an outcome and one or more variables.

3. Noun

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state
Vocabulary classified under Medicine and healthcare

4. Noun

returning to a former state
Vocabulary classified under Economics

5. Noun

an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science

6. Noun

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)
Vocabulary classified under Research methods
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