noun · academic
regression
/rɪˈɡreʃən/re·GRE·ssion
a statistical method for modeling the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables, often used for prediction
Examples
“In the paper they used linear regression to predict test scores from study hours.”
“We ran a multiple regression to see which factors best predicted income.”
“The regression coefficients showed that attendance had the strongest effect.”
Band 8 sentence
“We applied multiple regression to disentangle the independent effects of age, education and income on health outcomes.”
Collocations
- run a regression
- linear/multiple regression
Word family
Common mistakes
correlation→regression
do a regression analysis→run a regression
Say it for a higher band
5trend→6correlation→7+regression
Synonyms
trend analysis
Easily confused
correlation
“A high correlation between two measures does not mean one causes the other.”
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