statistical procedure vs regression

regression vs statistical procedure

statistical procedure and regression both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
statistical procedure	Yes	No	No	No
regression	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, regression is a hyponym of statistical procedure; that is, regression is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than statistical procedure:

statistical procedure: a method of analyzing or representing statistical data; a procedure for calculating a statistic
regression: 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)

Other hyponyms of statistical procedure include least squares, method of least squares, multivariate analysis, regression toward the mean, simple regression, statistical regression.

statistical procedure (noun)	regression (noun)
a method of analyzing or representing statistical data; a procedure for calculating a statistic	returning to a former state
	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)
	(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state
	an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

Difference between statistical procedure and regression

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