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Linear regression is the most basic and commonly used predictive analysis. Regression estimates are used to describe data and to explain the relationship between one dependent variable and one or more independent variables.
The regression model here is called a simple linear regression model because there is just one independent variable, , in the model. In regression models, the independent variables are also referred to as regressors or predictor variables. The dependent variable, , is also referred to as the response.