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January 17, 2012

A First Look at Two-Variable Regressions

We spent a good bit of time experimenting with the EasyMetrics two-variable regression example.

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We would like to acquire an intuitive understanding of how the errors pull the estimated regression line away from the true line that we would see if there were no errors.

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The regression results have a counterpart in the basic example of estimating the mean of a sample of draws from a normal distribution.

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A look at the future:

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Posted by bparke at January 17, 2012 08:17 PM

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