La - a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth atomic number 57, lanthanum metal, metallic element - any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
In statistics, regression toward the mean is the phenomenon that if a variable is extreme on its first measurement, it will tend to be closer to the average on its second measurementâand if it is extreme on its second measurement, it will tend to have been closer to the average on its first. To avoid making incorrect inferences, regression toward the mean must be considered when designing scientific experiments and interpreting data. The conditions under which regression toward the mean ...
2. subsidence of clinical signs or of a disease process. 3. in biology, the tendency in successive generations toward the mean. 4. the relationship between pairs of random variables; the mean of one variable and its location is influenced by another variable. regression analysis. see regression analysis. regression coefficient. is the factor which determines the slope of a regression line; the greater the coefficient the steeper the line.