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Definition of Regression line

1. Noun. A smooth curve fitted to the set of paired data in regression analysis; for linear regression the curve is a straight line.

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Literary usage of Regression line

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Grammar of Science by Karl Pearson (1900)
"In the first place the regression line will, as a rule, very nearly pass through the mean points. In the case of the stigmatic bands above, ..."

2. Introduction to Mathematical Statistics by Carl Joseph West (1918)
"The slope of a regression line shows the broad general tendencies of the ... Then yx and ^ are the coordinates of a point on the one regression line and xy ..."

3. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"2) from which we calculated the species-area regression equation given above, and drew in the regression line. Each of the data points on the graph ..."

4. The Grammar of Science by Karl Pearson (1900)
"In the first place the regression line will, as a rule, very nearly pass through the mean points. In the case of the stigmatic bands above, ..."

5. Fundamentals of Educational Measurement with the Elements of Statistical Method by Chester Arthur Gregory (1922)
"... we use the regression of x on y and the equation for the other regression line, which is, x = 0.047y. The line PQ (Fig. XIV) is the line desired. ..."

6. Handbook on Hedonic Indexes and Quality Adjustments in Price Indexes by Jack E. Triplett (2006)
"Had computer m been a "bargain" (price lying below the regression line in Figure 3.5), hedonic imputation would have resulted in a rising price index, ..."

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