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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

cognition, knowledge, noesis go
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

power, ability go
possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done

know-how go
the (technical) knowledge and skill required to do something

method go
a way of doing something, especially a systematic way

statistical method, statistical procedure go
a method of analyzing or representing statistical data

regression, simple regression, regression toward the mean, statistical 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)

noun.cognition

2 Subcategories

linear regression, rectilinear regression go
the relation between variables when the regression equation is linear: e.g., y = ax + b
curvilinear regression go
the relation between variables when the regression equation is nonlinear (quadratic or higher order)