Definition of Regression curve

1. Noun. A smooth curve fitted to the set of paired data in regression analysis; for linear regression the curve is a straight line.

Exact synonyms: Regression Line
Category relationships: Statistics
Group relationships: Regression Analysis
Generic synonyms: Curve

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Literary usage of Regression curve

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Distributions with Fixed Marginals and Related Topics by Ludger Rüschendorf, Berthold Schweizer, Michael Dee Taylor (1996)
"28, 1996 A DISTRIBUTION WITH GIVEN MARGINALS AND GIVEN regression curve BY CM ... For this family the regression curve Y/X and all bivariate regressions Y/X ..."

2. Introduction to Mathematical Statistics by Carl Joseph West (1918)
"The regression curve for uncorrelated data therefore approximates a straight ... For correlated data the regression curve diverges or deviates from this ..."

3. Publications of the American Statistical Association by American Statistical Association (1920)
"The prediction of the mean value of y that corresponds to an assigned value of x is likely to be valuable only when the form of the regression curve is ..."

4. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1911)
"Starting from the notion of the regression curve and regression line the author develops formula? for the coefficient of correlation, for the correlation ..."

5. The American Journal of Psychology by Edward Bradford ( Titchener, Granville Stanley Hall (1911)
"Starting from the notion of the regression curve and regression line the author develops formulae for the coefficient of correlation, for the correlation ..."

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