Practice mode Correlation and Regression

The term ‘regression’ was first used in statistics by which scientist?

Correct answer A. Sir Francis Galton

Explanation

Francis Galton used the term while studying heights of parents and children, observing that offspring heights tended to regress towards the population average.

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