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Regression models are used to study how a dependent or response variable depends on an independent variable or variables. The regression function f(x) is defined as the mean for a response variable Y when the independent variable equals x. In model form, with n observations, we may write
, with \(E\varepsilon _i = 0.\)
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Keener, R.W. (2009). Nonparametric Regression. In: Theoretical Statistics. Springer Texts in Statistics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-93839-4_18
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