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Correlation and Regression

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This chapter is concerned with measuring the relatedness between two variables. A simple measure, the correlation coefficient, is commonly used to quantify the degree of relationship between two variables. In this chapter, I will discuss different types of regression models, assumptions and questions related to them, and the estimation method used commonly with regression models.

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Gupta, B. (2016). Correlation and Regression. In: Interview Questions in Business Analytics . Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-0599-0_5

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