Why are regression problems called "regression" problems?
I was just wondering why regression problems are called "regression" problems. What is the story behind the name? One definition for regression: "Relapse to a less perfect or developed state."
regression - What does it mean to regress a variable against another ...
Dec 21, 2016 · Those words connote causality, but regression can work the other way round too (use Y to predict X). The independent/dependent variable language merely specifies how one thing depends …
Why is the intercept negative, and what does my regression show?
It is expected that if a model is perfect, the unexplained variation in y should be 0 and thereby the intercept should be zero. In a regression model where the intercept is negative implies that the model …
What's the difference between correlation and simple linear regression ...
Aug 1, 2013 · Note that one perspective on the relationship between regression & correlation can be discerned from my answer here: What is the difference between doing linear regression on y with x …
Multivariable vs multivariate regression - Cross Validated
Feb 2, 2020 · Multivariable regression is any regression model where there is more than one explanatory variable. For this reason it is often simply known as "multiple regression". In the simple …
regression - When should I use lasso vs ridge? - Cross Validated
Ridge regression is useful as a general shrinking of all coefficients together. It is shrinking to reduce the variance and over fitting. It relates to the prior believe that coefficient values shouldn't be too large …
When conducting multiple regression, when should you center your ...
Jun 5, 2012 · In some literature, I have read that a regression with multiple explanatory variables, if in different units, needed to be standardized. (Standardizing consists in subtracting the mean and dividin...
regression - Difference between forecast and prediction ... - Cross ...
I was wondering what difference and relation are between forecast and prediction? Especially in time series and regression? For example, am I correct that: In time series, forecasting seems to mea...
regression - When is R squared negative? - Cross Validated
Also, for OLS regression, R^2 is the squared correlation between the predicted and the observed values. Hence, it must be non-negative. For simple OLS regression with one predictor, this is equivalent to …
regression - Interpreting the residuals vs. fitted values plot for ...
None of the three plots show correlation (at least not linear correlation, which is the relevant meaning of 'correlation' in the sense in which it is being used in "the residuals and the fitted values are …