ST 516 Experimental Statistics for Engineers II
Fitting Regression Models
A multiple regression model relates a single response variable y (dependent variable) to the values of k regressor variables x1, x2, . . . , xk (predictors, independent variables). A multiple linear regression model does so using a linear function of the regressors, with a random error term ǫ: y = β0 + β1x1 + β2x2 + · · · + βkxk + ǫ.
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