regression analysis
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6.6
- noun
- /rɪˈɡrɛʃən əˈnælɪsɪs/
- Specialized
:
análisis de regresión
- We conducted a regression analysis to predict sales based on advertising spending.
- multiple regression analysis
- stepwise regression analysis
- logistic regression analysis
Examples
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Tables 2, 3, and 4 present the results of the stepwise regression analysis for each of the dependent variables.
Academic text (1999) -
In order to determine the best predictors of teacher effectiveness, we conducted a regression analysis.
Academic text (1999) -
The results of this multiple regression analysis are reported in Table 4.
Academic text (1990) -
Thus, one or the other was included in each regression analysis.
Academic text (1999) -
The results of the stepwise regression analysis are presented in Table 4.
Academic text (1990) -
Means, standard deviations, and regression analysis results are presented in Table 3.
Academic text (1990) -
The most consistent finding in the regression analysis was the impact of trust on acceptability.
Academic text (1999) -
The results of the multiple regression analysis for teachers' job-related stress are presented in Table 7.
Academic text (1990) -
We used stepwise regression analysis to determine the amount of attitude variance.
Academic text (1999) -
They run very careful regression analysis to try to tease out what are the causal factors.
Synonyms
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A way of using data to find how one number predicts another
A method that finds how one value depends on others to predict that value
How Complex
- Specialized
3
3.5
- Specialized
3
6.6
- Specialized
1
3.9
- Specialized
476
3.7
111
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The term is a straightforward noun+noun technical compound: 'regression' (a statistical method/model) combined with 'analysis' (systematic examination) literally yields 'an analysis using regression techniques'. This compositional pattern is common in scientific vocabulary and mirrors constructions in many languages, so a learner who knows both constituent words can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Regression analysis comes from regression, an older word meaning 'to move back' toward the 'average', from early studies where children's heights tended to move back toward the average compared with their parents. The word analysis means 'a study', so the phrase names a method that studies how one thing changes with others and helps 'to predict' values.