Successful investing requires the ability to distinguish long-term trends from the short-term noise that moves stock prices on a minute-to-minute basis. One way to tune out the random oscillations and ...

THERE are many experimental procedures which involve the simultaneous observation of two variables, one of which is dependent upon the other. If the relationship between these variables is linear, ...

In order to compliment my linear regression in google docs post (and because I keep forgetting how to do it), here is a quick and dirty guide to linear regression using python and pylab. First some ...

A behind-the-scenes blog about research methods at Pew Research Center. For our latest findings, visit pewresearch.org. Many of Pew Research Center’s survey analyses show relationships between two ...

Linear regression is a powerful and long-established statistical tool that is commonly used across applied sciences, economics and many other fields. Linear regression considers the relationship ...

THE “simplified” method of calculating a linear regression put forward by Aldridge, Berry and Davies 1 is the well-known method of orthogonal polynomials which was put on a practical working basis by ...