When teaching cost behavior in a managerial or cost accounting course, we explain that there are various methods a company can use to estimate its fixed and variable costs, including regression ...

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Outputting a Regression in Excel The first step in running regression analysis in Excel is to double-check that the free plugin Data Analysis ToolPak is installed.