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regression

[ri-gresh-uhn] / rɪˈgrɛʃ ən /


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Conditional logistic regression allowed them to compare changes within individual patients.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

“And because I think that the last ‘pen that he had, there was a little bit of regression.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

But if he does return to ties and suits as prime minister, it will only be a regression to his previous Westminster look.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

The regression asks whether workers ages 55+ who are exposed to AI are leaving work more often than similar workers with the same exposure before ChatGPT’s launch.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

A regression analysis can demonstrate correlation, but it doesn’t prove cause.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

They had run the regressions, conducted the robustness checks, and done the work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

A simple regression showed that — including similar control variables as in prior regressions — the likelihood of private listings and sales to investors increases with age.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 13, 2026

“If key departures slow iteration, cause quality regressions, or reduce community trust, the open-source flywheel weakens.”

From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026

Former audio programmer Isaac Hudd says "mistakes started piling up" during crunch, and says "regressions", where one team would fix a bug only for another to unwittingly bring it back to life, became increasingly common.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2025

The flight instructors mistakenly attributed the pilots’ deterioration to their praise of them, and likewise the pilots’ improvement to their criticism; both, however, were simply regressions to the more likely mean performance.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos


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