If its parents are each two inches taller than the averages for men and women , on average , it will be shorter than its parents by some factor ( which , today , we would call one minus the regression coefficient ) times two inches .
If its parents are each two inches taller than the averages for men and women , on average , the child will be shorter than its parents by some factor times two inches . Today , this factor has been calculated to be one minus the regression coefficient .