What does "log-linear" mean?

Being or relating to a mathematical model that takes the form of a function whose logarithm is a linear combination of the parameters of the model, making it possible to apply (possibly multivariate) linear regression.

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Being or relating to a mathematical model that takes the form of a function whose logarithm is a linear combination of the parameters of the model, making it possible to apply (possibly multivariate) linear regression. not-comparable

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