Statistical Inference for EveryoneXYZ Homework Edition

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10.4 Polynomial Regression

A subset multiple regression is polynomial regression, where the variable you are predicting depends on the (usually single) dependent variable with a larger exponent than linear, e.g. quadratic, cubic, etc...

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