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Standardized coefficient
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Statistics/DNPsKGYU">statistics</a>, standardized (regression) coefficients, also called beta coefficients or beta weights, are the estimates resulting from a <a href="/facts/Regression_analysis/n6z5Tf7K">regression analysis</a> where the underlying data have been <a href="/facts/Standard_score/lF8v0Mcy">standardized</a> so that the <a href="/facts/Variance/ULBJKXD1">variances</a> of <a href="/facts/Dependent_and_independent_variables/dINfzIF2">dependent and independent variables</a> are equal to 1. Therefore, standardized coefficients are <a href="/facts/Unitless/TINrpQIq">unitless</a> and refer to how many standard deviations a dependent variable will change, per standard deviation increase in the predictor variable. </p>