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Definition of Regression toward the mean
1. Noun. 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).
Category relationships: Statistics
Generic synonyms: Statistical Method, Statistical Procedure
Group relationships: Regression Analysis
Specialized synonyms: Linear Regression, Rectilinear Regression, Curvilinear Regression
Lexicographical Neighbors of Regression Toward The Mean
Literary usage of Regression toward the mean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medicare HMO's: HCFA Can Promptly Eliminate Hundreds of Millions in Excess by Jonathan Ratner (1998)
"This increase has been labeled regression toward the mean because enrollees'
average health costs, which are relatively low before joining the HMO, ..."
2. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1921)
"a regression toward the mean height of the general population. On the other hand,
fathers with a mean height of 66 in. give a group of sons a mean height ..."
3. Preventive medicine and hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau (1917)
"a regression toward the mean height of the general population. On the other hand,
fathers with a mean height of G(i in. give a group of sons of mean height ..."
4. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1916)
"Suppose a group of fathers with a stature of 72 in.; the mean height of their
sons is 70.8 in.—a regression toward the mean height of the general population ..."
5. Vincent d'Indy, sa vie et son �uvre by Milton Joseph Rosenau, Louis Borgex (1913)
"... regression toward the mean height of the general population. On the other
hand, fathers with a mean height of 66 in. give a group of sons of mean height ..."
6. Advanced Methodological Issues in Culturally Competent Evaluation for edited by Ada-Helen Bayer, Frances L. Brisbane, Amelie Ramirez, Leonard G. Epstein (1998)
"(2) The natural statistical phenomenon known as the "regression toward the mean"
also dictates exclusion. The latter is considered to be one of the ..."
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