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Definition of Regression equation

1. Noun. The equation representing the relation between selected values of one variable (x) and observed values of the other (y); it permits the prediction of the most probable values of y.

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Literary usage of Regression equation

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

1. The Learning Curve Equation by Louis Leon Thurstone (1919)
"In these cases we have recourse to two other types of procedure, namely, the method of the regression equation and the method of least squares. b) Method of ..."

2. The Learning Curve Equation by Louis Leon Thurstone (1919)
"In these cases we have recourse to two other types of procedure, namely, the method of the regression equation and the method of least squares. b) Method of ..."

3. Handbook on Hedonic Indexes and Quality Adjustments in Price Indexes by Jack E. Triplett (2006)
"Then, in the hedonic regression (equation 3.2, below), t = T designates the first period, t = T+l the second, and t = T+2 the third. ..."

4. An Introduction to the Theory of Statistics by George Udny Yule (1919)
"Now apply the same method to the regression-equation for n variables. ... The regression-equation will therefore be written in the form The order in which ..."

5. Educational Guidance: An Experimental Study in the Analysis and Prediction by Truman Lee Kelley (1915)
"The regression equation is: The correlation between E and E, is equal to .55. This correlation is higher than the correlation just above, for mathematics, ..."

6. Overview of the Third Text Retrieval Conference (Trec-3) edited by D. K. Harmon (1996)
"Upon supplying this matrix of data to a standard statistical package capable of performing logistic regression (BLSS), the regression equation (1) was ..."

7. Review of the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Studies by Royal Society of Canada (2006)
"In the coastal analysis, the regression equation is a logarithmic relationship scaled by the Average Annual Recession Rate (AAAR) ..."

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