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Noun: statistical regression
  1. (statistics) 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)
    - regression, simple regression, regression toward the mean

Derived forms: statistical regressions

Type of: statistical method, statistical procedure

Part of: regression analysis

Encyclopedia: Statistical regression