regression

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

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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