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Kachapova, Farida; Kachapov, Ilias – Journal of Statistics Education, 2010
Two improvements in teaching linear regression are suggested. The first is to include the population regression model at the beginning of the topic. The second is to use a geometric approach: to interpret the regression estimate as an orthogonal projection and the estimation error as the distance (which is minimized by the projection). Linear…
Descriptors: Statistics, Mathematics Instruction, Economics, Teaching Methods