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Linear Regression

Machine Learning: Start with linear regression

“a very simple approach for supervised learning”

“widely used statistical learning method”

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\(y = Mx + b\)

Written as \(y = \beta_0 + \beta_1x\)

y is called response or target x predictor

Once we know betas we can predict value of response

Minimize the total error from each point to our line.

Bend the line to fit better

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cs229 Example

Simple Linear one variable

“We typically assume that the error term is independent of X.”

Multiple Linear Regression

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We usually have more than one predictor.

\(Y = \beta_0 + \beta_1 X_1 + \cdots + \beta_p X_p + \epsilon\)

Estimating the Coefficients

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\(\hat{y} = \hat{\beta}_0 + \beta_1 X_1 + \cdots + \beta_p X_p + \epsilon\)

RSS =

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