Definition of Curvilinear regression

1. Noun. The relation between variables when the regression equation is nonlinear (quadratic or higher order).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Curvilinear Regression

curveting
curvets
curvetted
curvetting
curvey
curvicaudate
curvicostate
curvier
curviest
curviform
curvilinead
curvilineads
curvilineal
curvilinear
curvilinear correlation
curvilinear regression (current term)
curvilinearities
curvilinearity
curvilinearly
curvily
curvimeter
curvimeters
curvinerved
curviness
curving
curvingly
curvings
curvirostral
curviserial
curvital

Literary usage of Curvilinear regression

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

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"With each type of erythrocyte preparation a curvilinear regression equation fitted the data better than did the equation for a straight line, ..."

2. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"Linear and curvilinear regression and analysis of variance were applied to the data (9), after converting percentage values of hatch to arcsin -\/% (9). ..."

3. Strengthening Policy Analysis: Econometric Tests Using Microcomputer Software by Lawrence James Haddad, Daniel Driscoll (1995)
"... Linear Splines This technique is useful for approximating a curvilinear regression without specifying the mathematical form of the curvature. ..."

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