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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.
These are called the predicting, or independent variables, and are usually. represented by x1, x2, etc. Typically, a regression analysis is used for one (or more) of three purposes: (1) prediction of the target variable (forecasting). (2) modelling the relationship between x and y. (3) testing of hypotheses. The basis of what we will be talking about most of the semester is the linear model.