Data Science From the Ground Up

The Basics: Linear Regression

Building an intuition for how linear models work

Linear regression models are for many the first predictive models covered. While conceptually simple, they have some key features that make them flexible, powerful and explicable. While newer and more conceptually complicated models may outperform a linear regression, linear models continue to see wide usage, particularly in social science and policy spheres where data collection can be expensive and there is substantial…