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Linear Regression
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Linear regression
A statistical technique for fitting a straight line to a set of data points.

Linear Regression
A statistical technique in which one takes a set of data points and plots them on a line. Linear regression is used to determine trends in economic data. For example, one may take different figures of GDP growth over time and plot them on a line in order to determine whether the general trend is upward or downward.


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2] + T2400)/2] for each test point, with data pertaining to each subject represented as a number (1-10), as well as a repeated-measures regression line (Bland and Altman, 2007).
From the regression line of interpolation result, we could see that both methods show good outputs, while the Kriging result (the regression line slope is 0.
Figure 1 illustrates how the predicted price decreases with distance from the field using the fitted regression line evaluated at the mean of the other explanatory variables.
 
 
 
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