Regression is concerned with the study of relationship among variables. The aim of regression (or regression analysis) is to make models for prediction and for making other inferences. Two variables or more than two variables may be treated by regression. Regression line usually written as. The general properties of the regression line are given below:

• We know that. This shows that the line passes through the means and.
• The sum of errors is equal to zero. The regression equation isand the sum of derivatives of observed Y from estimated is

   
When , it means that .