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Hands-On Automated Machine Learning
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Hands-On Automated Machine Learning

by Sibanjan Das, Umit Mert Cakmak
April 2018
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
282 pages
6h 52m
English
Packt Publishing
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What is linear regression?

It is the traditional and most-used regression analysis. It is studied rigorously and used widely for practical purposes. Linear regression is a method for determining the relationship between a dependent variable (y) and one or more independent variables (x). This derived relationship can be used to predict an unexplained y from observed x's. Mathematically, if x is an independent variable (commonly known as the predictor) and y is a dependent variable (also known as the target), the relationship is expressed as follows:

Where m is the slope of line, b is the intercept of the best-fit regression line, and ε is the ...

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