Line of Best Fit in Regression Analysis: Definition & Calculation

Learn how the line of best fit in regression analysis shows relationships between variables, how it's calculated, and its ...
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Linear Regression with Non-Constant, Unknown Error Variances: Sampling Experiments with Least Squares, Weighted Least Squares and Maximum Likelihood Estimators

John A. Jacquez, Frances J. Mather and Charles R. Crawford The theory of simple linear regression is extended to the case of non-uniform error variances for the ...
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Sparse Partial Least Squares Regression for Simultaneous Dimension Reduction and Variable Selection

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B (Statistical Methodology), Vol. 72, No. 1 (Jan., 2010), pp. 3-25 (23 pages) Partial least squares regression has been an alternative to ordinary ...
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Estimation Techniques in Linear Regression Models

Linear regression remains a cornerstone of statistical analysis, offering a framework for modelling relationships between a dependent variable and one or more independent predictors. Over the past ...
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Log-linear least-squares method

A statistical technique for fitting a curve to a set of data points. One of the variables is transformed by taking its logarithm, and then a straight line is fitted to the transformed set of data ...
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Nonlinear least-squares data fitting in Excel spreadsheets

Modern measurement techniques allow researchers to gather ever more data in less time. In many cases, however, the primary or raw data have to be further analyzed, be it for the verification of a ...