Regression is a set of statistical approaches used for approximating the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables. The term “regression” was coined by Francis Galton to describe the phenomenon of the heights of descendants of tall ancestors regressing down to the normal average, i.e., regression to mean. However, regression as a concept was created and employed by Legendre and Gauss, who used the least-squares method to determine the orbits of celestial bodies around the Sun.

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