has part is about has_specified_input study design dependent variable data transformation regression analysis method Alejandra Gonzalez-Beltran BOOK: Richard A. Berk, Regression Analysis: A Constructive Critique, Sage Publications (2004) 978-0761929048 Date:2013-11-15 Person: AGB,PRS Adding restrictions, specifying model + parameter estimation process change of label from 'regression analysis method' to 'regression analysis' Philippe Rocca-Serra Regression analysis is a descriptive statistics technique that examines the relation of a dependent variable (response variable) to specified independent variables (explanatory variables). Regression analysis can be used as a descriptive method of data analysis (such as curve fitting) without relying on any assumptions about underlying processes generating the data. Tina Hernandez-Boussard regression analysis regression analysis method statistical model model parameter estimation model fitting pending final vetting obi.owl