Regressing

verb

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.verbTo move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.

2.verbTo move from east to west.

3.verbTo perform a regression on an explanatory variable.

"When we regress Y on X, we use the values of variable X to predict those of Y."

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