Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images Linear regression is a type of data analysis that considers the linear relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables. It is ...

A behind-the-scenes blog about research methods at Pew Research Center. For our latest findings, visit pewresearch.org. Many of Pew Research Center’s survey analyses show relationships between two ...

Successful investing requires the ability to distinguish long-term trends from the short-term noise that moves stock prices on a minute-to-minute basis. One way to tune out the random oscillations and ...

Understanding one of the most important types of data analysis. by Amy Gallo You probably know by now that whenever possible you should be making data-driven decisions at work. But do you know how to ...

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This paper derives a stochastic linear equation from factor analysis called factor analysis regression which is suggested as an alternative to classical least squares regression whenever least squares ...

Linear models are useful alternatives to the Cox (1972) proportional hazards model for analyzing censored regression data. This article develops empirical likelihood methods for linear regression ...

Regression analysis refers to a method of mathematically sorting out which variables may have an impact. The importance of regression analysis for a small business is that it helps determine which ...