regression analysis
noun[CorU]
ECONOMICSukusamethodinstatistics(= thestudyoffactsthat can beshownbynumbers)whichcomparesthe way in which two or morerelatedsets ofnumbershavechangedover aparticularperiod:
We useregressionanalysistoidentifycorrelationsbetween differentvariables.
Theregressionanalysisfoundnostatisticallysignificantrelationshipbetween the twophenomena.