Last month we explored how to model a simple relationship between two variables, such as the dependence of weight on height 1. In the more realistic scenario of dependence on several variables, we can ...

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In recent columns we showed how linear regression can be used to predict a continuous dependent variable given other independent variables 1,2. When the dependent variable is categorical, a common ...

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Linear regression is a type of data analysis that considers the linear relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables. It is typically used to visually show the ...