regression Definition
re·gres·sion (ri gres̸h′ən)
noun
- a regressing, or going back; return; movement backward
- retrogression
- Astron. the slow westward shifting of the nodes of an orbit, caused by a perturbation: the complete cycle of the regression of the nodes of the moon's orbit around the earth takes about 18.6 years
- Biol. reversion to an earlier or simpler form, or to a general or common type
- Med. a gradual subsiding of a disease or its symptoms
- Psychoanalysis reversion to earlier or more infantile behavior patterns
- Statistics an estimation technique in which functions or coefficients within functions are designed to estimate values of a dependent variable
Etymology: L regressio
regression Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- atherosclerosis: Controlled trial of fish oil for regression of human coronary atherosclerosis.
- lesion: In most cases, regression of papillomavirus lesions occurs following activation of the host immune response.
Converse of object
induce: A similar vaccination program has been successful in inducing regression of warts in cattle.
Adjective modifier
- logistic: Worse quality of logistic regression was coverage over the.
- hypnotic: Later under hypnotic regression the witness was able to recall seeing a figure standing on the road then walking toward the vehicle.
- linear: Linear regression I have made my views known on the dangers of fitting straight lines.
- stepwise: Using stepwise regression of a number of features of the signal stronger prediction equations are possible ( R = 0.95 for meat toughness ).
- quantile: Application of the analog principle leads to quantile regression based interval estimators of values and partial differences of structural functions.
- multivariate: We studied the odds of treatment using multivariate logistic regression.
Modifies a noun
- coefficient: The regression coefficient for a straight line through origin is.
- enrollment: They a regression enrollment in the lack of they come at.
- equation: A second approach is to use the regression equation Chart Wizard.
- hypnosis: They are watching the original videotape of MULDER's regression hypnosis about Samantha.
- analysis: Regression analysis was used to predict the.. ... .
- dilution: Analyzes involved proportional hazards modeling and adjustment for confounding by known cardiovascular risk factors and for regression dilution bias.
Noun used with modifier
- multinomial: Topics will include a review of multiple linear regression and will then focus on logistic regression and multinomial logistic regression.
- tumor: Two patients received intensified therapy due to less than 70 % tumor regression on day 33.
- logistic: Try at least 2 different classifiers, like for example logistic regression or Naive Bayes.
- tumor: He used large amounts of beetroot successfully for cancerous tumor regression, up to 1 kg daily have been used.
- square: This may be done by fitting the offset model through sample points using least squares regression fitting.
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