When do we use multiple regression?
Predicting 1 numeric variable based on values of multiple numeric variables
Assumptions
Linearity (look at residual plot for curvature), normality (look at histogram for skew, outliers, symmetry), constant variance (residual plot for scatter)
Hypotheses
H0: _____, _____, _____ is not linear predictor of ____
Ha: _____, _____, _____ is a linear predictor of _____
What values do we report?
Test statistic, p-value
Conclusion:
There is/isn’t sufficient evidence of a linear relationship between _____ and _____, _____, ____