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Oracle in a Nutshell
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Oracle in a Nutshell

by Rick Greenwald, David C. Kreines
December 2002
Intermediate to advanced
928 pages
85h 29m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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REGR . . .

REGR_regr_type (expr1,expr2) [OVER (analytic_clause)]

Computes the least-squares regression line to a set of number pairs returned by expr1 and expr2.

Parameters

regr_type

May be any one of the following:

SLOPE

Returns the slope of the line.

INTERCEPT

Returns the Y intercept of the line.

COUNT

Returns the number of non-NULL pairs used to calculate the line.

R2

Returns the coefficient of determination (also known as the Chi-Squared or Goodness of Fit) for the line.

AVGX

Returns the average of the independent variable (expr2) of the line after eliminating NULL values. The returned value can be NULL.

AVGY

Returns the average of the dependent variable (expr1) of the line after eliminating NULL values. The returned value can be NULL.

SXX

Computes the value of REGR_COUNT (expr1,expr2) * VAR_POP(expr2) after elimination of NULL expr1,expr2 pairs.

SYY

Computes the value of REGR_COUNT expr1,expr2) * VAR_POP(expr1, expr2) after elimination of NULL expr1,expr2 pairs.

SXY

Computes the value of REGR_COUNT (expr1,expr2) * VAR_POP(expr1,expr2) after elimination of NULL expr1,expr2 pairs.

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