Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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parametric statistic | Yes | No | No | No |
regression coefficient | Yes | No | No | No |
parametric statistic (noun) | regression coefficient (noun) |
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any statistic computed by procedures that assume the data were drawn from a particular distribution | 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 changes in the other (x); it is the slope of the regression line |