found:UMI business vocab.(Linear regression, see Regression analysis)
found:Sahai, H. Pocket dict. of stat., 2002(regression analysis: a statistical procedure used to develop a mathematical equation showing how two or more variables are related and/or to determine the extent to which one variable changes with changes in another variable of a number of other variables.)
found:Everitt, B.S. Cambridge dict. of stat., 2002(regression analysis: essentially a synonym for regression modelling)