What do the coefficients of a linear regression line tell you?

1 Answer
Nov 6, 2015

haty= b_0x+b_1

Explanation:

A simple least square regression line with an independent and dependent variable will have just two coefficients (b_0 and b_1)

b_0 represents the slope of the regression line. For every 1 unit change in the independent variable (x), the dependent variable (haty) will change by b_0 units.

b_1 represents the y-intercept and may or may not represent valid information. May times, the y-intercept ( when x = 0 ) is simply meaningless.

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