REGR_AVGX()

Overview

The REGR_AVGX() aggregate function calculates the average of the independent variable (x) for non-null pairs of dependent (y) and independent (x) variables. This function is commonly used in linear regression analysis to compute the mean of the independent variable where both variables are not null.

Syntax

The syntax for this function is as follows:

REGR_AVGX(y, x)

Parameters

• y: variable being predicted
• x: variable used for prediction

Example

For the needs of this section, we’re going to use a simplified version of the film table from the Pagila database, containing only the title, length and rating columns. The complete schema for the film table can be found on the Pagila database website.

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS film;
CREATE TABLE film (
  title text NOT NULL,
  rating int,
  length int
);
INSERT INTO film(title, length, rating) VALUES
  ('ATTRACTION NEWTON', 83, 5),
  ('CHRISTMAS MOONSHINE', 150, 7),
  ('DANGEROUS UPTOWN', 121, 4),
  ('KILL BROTHERHOOD', 54, 3),
  ('HALLOWEEN NUTS', 47, 5),
  ('HOURS RAGE', 122, 7),
  ('PIANIST OUTFIELD', 136, 7),
  ('PICKUP DRIVING', 77, 3),
  ('INDEPENDENCE HOTEL', 157, 7),
  ('PRIVATE DROP', 106, 4),
  ('SAINTS BRIDE', 125, 3),
  ('FOREVER CANDIDATE', 131, 7),
  ('MILLION ACE', 142, 5),
  ('SLEEPY JAPANESE', 137, 4),
  ('WRATH MILE', 176, 7),
  ('YOUTH KICK', 179, 7),
  ('CLOCKWORK PARADISE', 143, 5);

The query below uses the REGR_AVGX() function to calculate the average rating for films where both length and rating are not null:

SELECT
    REGR_AVGX(length, rating) AS AverageRating   
FROM film;

By executing the above code, we will get the following output:

   averagerating   
-------------------
 5.294117647058823
(1 row)