Regression

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Regression or regressions may refer to:

Science

  • Marine regression, coastal advance due to falling sea level, the opposite of marine transgression
  • Regression (medicine), a characteristic of diseases to express lighter symptoms or less extent (mainly for tumors), without disappearing totally
  • Regression (psychology), a defensive reaction to some unaccepted impulses
  • Nodal regression, the movement of the nodes of an object in orbit, in the opposite direction to the motion of the object

Statistics

  • Regression analysis, a statistical technique for estimating the relationships among variables. There are several types of regression:
    • Linear regression
    • Simple linear regression
    • Logistic regression
    • Nonlinear regression
    • Nonparametric regression
    • Robust regression
    • Stepwise regression
  • Regression toward the mean, a common statistical phenomenon

Computing

  • Software regression, the appearance of a bug in functionality that was working correctly in a previous revision
    • Regression testing, a software testing method which seeks to uncover regression bugs

Hypnosis

  • Age regression in therapy, a process claiming to retrieve memories
  • Past life regression, a process claiming to retrieve memories of previous lives

Other uses

  • Infinite regress, a problem in epistemology
  • Regression (film), a 2015 horror film directed and written by Alejandro Amenábar, starring Ethan Hawke and Emma Watson
  • Regressions (album), 2010 album by Cleric

See also

  • Regress (disambiguation)
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