Dec 21, 2016 · Those words connote causality, but regression can work the other way round too (use Y to predict X). The independent/dependent variable language merely specifies how one …

Aug 1, 2013 · Note that one perspective on the relationship between regression & correlation can be discerned from my answer here: What is the difference between doing linear regression on …

Ridge regression is useful as a general shrinking of all coefficients together. It is shrinking to reduce the variance and over fitting. It relates to the prior believe that coefficient values …

What statistical tests or rules of thumb can be used as a basis for excluding outliers in linear regression analysis? Are there any special considerations for multilinear regression?

Jun 5, 2012 · In some literature, I have read that a regression with multiple explanatory variables, if in different units, needed to be standardized. (Standardizing consists in subtracting the mean …

A quick question: Is "residual standard error" the same as "residual standard deviation"? Gelman and Hill (p.41, 2007) seem to use them interchangeably.

I was wondering what difference and relation are between forecast and prediction? Especially in time series and regression? For example, am I correct that: In time series, forecasting seems …

None of the three plots show correlation (at least not linear correlation, which is the relevant meaning of 'correlation' in the sense in which it is being used in "the residuals and the fitted …

Jan 6, 2021 · Three linear machine learning algorithms: Linear Regression, Logistic Regression and Linear Discriminant Analysis. Five nonlinear algorithms: Classification and Regression …

For a simple logistic regression model like this one, there is only one covariate (Area here) and the intercept (also sometimes called the 'constant'). If you had a multiple logistic regression, …