regression toward the mean

Noun regression toward the mean has 1 sense

• regression toward the mean(n = noun.cognition) regression, simple regression, statistical regression - 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);
is a kind of statistical method, statistical procedure
is a part of regression analysis
has particulars: linear regression, rectilinear regression, curvilinear regression