Discover how linear regression works, from simple to multiple linear regression, with step-by-step examples, graphs and real-world applications.

We explore large-scale functional linear regression in which the scalar response is associated with a potentially ultrahigh number of functional predictors, leading to a more challenging model ...

Simple linear regression is commonly used in forecasting and financial analysis—for a company to tell how a change in the GDP could affect sales, for example. Microsoft Excel and other software ...

Problems requiring regression analysis of censored data arise frequently in practice. For example, in accelerated testing one wishes to relate stress and average time to failure from data including ...

For example, you might use regression analysis to find out how well you can predict a child's weight if you know that child's height. The following data are from a study of nineteen children. Height ...

When multiple variables are associated with a response, the interpretation of a prediction equation is seldom simple.