English noun: regression toward the mean | |||
| 1. | regression toward the mean (cognition) the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x) | ||
| Synonyms | regression, simple regression, statistical regression | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | statistical method, statistical procedure | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | curvilinear regression, linear regression, rectilinear regression | ||
| Part meronym | regression analysis | ||
| Domain category | statistics | ||