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to regress

to regress

2 7.7
To move back toward the average or to measure relationships in data
  • verb
  • /rɪˈɡrɛs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : regredir
  • So we can then regress to saying base it on lean mass.
  • variables were regressed
  • dependent variables were regressed
  • regressed on independent variables

It's the traditional like regressing a line, right?

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Examples

  • In the final equation, condom use was regressed on all previous variables in the model.

    Academic text (2004)

  • I take these people over here, only these people and regress and run a regression on treatment control.

  • And so as a result, if I just regress hours of work on tax rates, I may not find that much of A change.

  • Third, it controls the ubiquitous tendency of test scores to regress to their population mean.

    Academic text (1994)

  • You understand what this OLS is, it's regressing the outcome on education.

  • Second, the full model in which drug use was regressed on accumulated economic stressors was presented.

    Academic text (2007)

  • In the first model, children's math achievement was regressed on the set of control variables.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Using multiple regression, final course grades were regressed on the linear combination of all the variables in the model.

    Academic text (2007)

  • In the final analysis, the well-being measure is simultaneously regressed on both locus of control and work-family conflict.

    Academic text (2002)

  • When analyzing the data, the researchers found that the test scores regressed to the mean after removing outliers.

Surface Forms

regress infinitive
regressed past
regressed past participle
regressing present participle
regresses third person singular

Morphology

regress = re + gress

The statistical sense (return to a mean; perform regression) is derived from the same root but is a technical usage that may not be predictable for average learners.

Etymology

The statistical use of regress comes from Latin re- 'back' and gress 'step', and you can picture 'stepping back' toward the group average or a general pattern. So in statistics to regress can mean to move toward the average or to use regression to find the relation between variables.