Troy Segal is an editor and writer. She has 20+ years of experience covering personal finance, wealth management, and business news. Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images Linear regression is a type ...

Linear regression is a powerful and long-established statistical tool that is commonly used across applied sciences, economics and many other fields. Linear regression considers the relationship ...

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During the course of operation, businesses accumulate all kinds of data such as numbers related to sales performance and profit, and information about clients. Companies often seek out employees with ...

It can be highly beneficial for companies to develop a forecast of the future values of some important metrics, such as demand for its product or variables that describe the economic climate. There ...

Goodness-of-fit statistics for general multiple-linear-regression equations are reviewed for the case of replicated responses. A modification of the coefficient of determination is recommended. This ...

We consider the semiparametric linear regression model with censored data and with unknown error distribution. We describe estimation equations of the Buckley-James ...