{"query": "A parable — Regression mean", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_ec6dc6d5b92f", "title": "A parable — Regression mean", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "A man was called lucky, for the dice fell well for him three nights in a row. He believed it, and bet his house on the fourth. The dice did not know they had favored him, and on the fourth night they "}, {"id": "card_src_word_regression_toward_the_mean", "title": "regression toward the mean", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "regression toward the mean: (noun) 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) — syn: regression, s"}, {"id": "card_src_word_mean_deviation_from_the_mean", "title": "mean deviation from the mean", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "mean deviation from the mean: (noun) the arithmetic mean of the absolute values of deviations from the mean of a distribution — syn: mean deviation"}, {"id": "card_src_word_simple_regression", "title": "simple regression", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "simple regression: (noun) 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) — syn: regression, regression"}, {"id": "card_src_word_statistical_regression", "title": "statistical regression", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "statistical regression: (noun) 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) — syn: regression, simpl"}, {"id": "card_src_word_regression_curve", "title": "regression curve", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "regression curve: (noun) a smooth curve fitted to the set of paired data in regression analysis; for linear regression the curve is a straight line — syn: regression line"}, {"id": "card_src_word_regression_line", "title": "regression line", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "regression line: (noun) a smooth curve fitted to the set of paired data in regression analysis; for linear regression the curve is a straight line — syn: regression curve"}, {"id": "card_src_word_regression", "title": "regression", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "regression: (noun) an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely — syn: arrested development, fixation, infantile fixation · (noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee "}, {"id": "card_src_word_mean_deviation", "title": "mean deviation", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "mean deviation: (noun) the arithmetic mean of the absolute values of deviations from the mean of a distribution — syn: mean deviation from the mean"}, {"id": "card_src_word_regression_coefficient", "title": "regression coefficient", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "regression coefficient: (noun) when the regression line is linear (y = ax + b) the regression coefficient is the constant (a) that represents the rate of change of one variable (y) as a function of ch"}, {"id": "card_c_df513fc12714", "title": "A parable — Clutch ↔ A parable — Regression mean", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "RED — be honest about what is signal and what is noise.  — a concord the card itself states; mined + verified."}, {"id": "card_src_word_linear_regression", "title": "linear regression", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "linear regression: (noun) the relation between variables when the regression equation is linear: e.g., y = ax + b — syn: rectilinear regression"}, {"id": "card_src_word_rectilinear_regression", "title": "rectilinear regression", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "rectilinear regression: (noun) the relation between variables when the regression equation is linear: e.g., y = ax + b — syn: linear regression"}, {"id": "card_src_word_curvilinear_regression", "title": "curvilinear regression", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "curvilinear regression: (noun) the relation between variables when the regression equation is nonlinear (quadratic or higher order)"}, {"id": "card_src_word_harmonic_mean", "title": "harmonic mean", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "harmonic mean: (noun) the mean of n numbers expressed as the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of the numbers"}, {"id": "card_src_word_mean", "title": "mean", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "mean: (noun) an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n — syn: mean value · (verb) mean or intend to express or convey — syn: intend · ("}, {"id": "card_src_word_regression_analysis", "title": "regression analysis", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "regression analysis: (noun) the use of regression to make quantitative predictions of one variable from the values of another"}, {"id": "card_src_word_mean_time", "title": "mean time", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "mean time: (noun) (astronomy) time based on the motion of the mean sun (an imaginary sun moving uniformly along the celestial equator) — syn: mean solar time"}, {"id": "card_n_04502b1ebf95", "title": "A parable — Fear failure", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "A servant was given one talent and feared losing it, so he buried it in the ground. When the master returned, the talent was safe — exactly as it had been given. The master called him wicked, not for "}, {"id": "card_n_5b1b498f6ae0", "title": "A parable — Silence better", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "A man in the council never spoke first. When his turn came, he had heard everyone and the matter was clearer. Those who had spoken first had often spoken twice — once to argue, and once to retract. He"}]}