regression
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What looks like regression is often better understood as response.
From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026
With the results from this base regression, it is possible to plot the annualized returns by seller age relative to returns of those ages 36 to 45.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
“I think just looking at where his ankle is at, trying to play the long view that you don’t want to have any regression or setbacks,” Roberts said.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026
Say what you will about the Davosites, they are worldly types who understand regression to the mean.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026
This phenomenon leads to nonsense when people attribute the regression to the mean to some particular scientific law, rather than to the natural behavior of any random quantity.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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