Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

regression to the mean

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

Syllables: re-gres-sion -to the mean
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The phenomenon by which extreme examples from any set of data are likely to be followed by examples which are less extreme; a tendency towards the average of any sample. For example, the offspring of two very tall individuals tend to be tall, but closer to the average (mean) than either of their parents.

Inflected Forms

regressions to the mean (plural) regression toward the mean (alternative)

Phrases

regression fallacy linear regression regression line

Frequently Paired Words

regression fallacy linear regression regression line

Questions

What does regression to the mean mean?: The phenomenon by which extreme examples from any set of data are likely to be followed by examples which are less extreme; a tendency towards the average of any sample. For example, the offspring of two very tall individuals tend to be tall, but closer to the average (mean) than either of their parents.

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