Response variable
Topic of Linear regression, part of Statistical inference
Response variable
| Type | Topic |
| Taught in | Linear regression |
| Part | Statistical inference |
The variable y a model describes or predicts from explanatory variables; also called the dependent variable or outcome. A regression models its conditional distribution, or at least its conditional mean, given the explanatory variables.
In Linear regression
From Linear regression
Regression analysis explains a response variable by one or more explanatory variables. The name comes from Francis Galton, who noticed in the 1880s that the children of unusually tall parents are, on the whole, less unusually tall. A father 5% taller than average tends to have a son less than 5% taller than average. Galton called it regression towards mediocrity.
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Explanatory variable · Conditional distribution · Conditional expectation · Least-squares line · Least-squares estimators are unbiased · Simple linear regression · Sampling distribution of the regression estimators · Slope t pivot