Chapter 7 Linear Multiple Regression

The ANOVA and Pearson correlation is very much in the family of the General linear model, which builds on the idea that the dependent or outcome variable is modeled as a function of one or more independent variables. This is useful in forecasting questions such as a students GPA depending on the variables of hard work or curiosity. The coefficient of each independent variable represents the relative importance of the dependent variable. Now we explore multivariate regression.