A method for fitting a curve (not necessarily a straight line) through a set of points using some goodness-of-fit criterion. The most common type of regression is linear regression.
The term regression is sometimes also used to refer to recursion.
Regression
See also
Fractal, Least Squares Fitting, Linear Regression, Merit Function, Multiple Regression, Nonlinear Least Squares Fitting, Recursion, Regression Coefficient, Self-RecursionExplore with Wolfram|Alpha
References
Chatterjee, S.; Hadi, A.; and Price, B. Regression Analysis by Example, 3rd ed. New York: Wiley, 2000.Gardner, M. "Infinite Regress." Ch. 22 in The Sixth Book of Mathematical Games from Scientific American. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, pp. 220-229, 1984.Kleinbaum, D. G. and Kupper, L. L. Applied Regression Analysis and Other Multivariable Methods. North Scituate, MA: Duxbury Press, 1978.Passmore, J. "The Infinite Regress." In Philosophical Reasoning. New York: Scribner's, 1961.Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha
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Weisstein, Eric W. "Regression." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Regression.html