In Chapter 8, you explored simple linear regression, which depicts the relationship between the response variable and one predictor. You saw that the expectation is that the response variable is a continuous variable that is normally distributed. If the response variable is a discrete variable, you use a different regression method. If the response variable can take values such as yes/no or multiple discrete variables (for example, views such as strongly agree, agree, partially agree, and ...
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9. Multiple Linear Regression
Umesh R. Hodeghatta1 and Umesh Nayak1
(1)Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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