What is regression?
focuses on predicting variance in an outcome variable (DV) from predictors (IV)
What is another term for outcome (DV) variable?
criterion and response variable
How does regression predict variance?
through creating statistical models
e.g line of best fit also known as regression line is a statistical model
What is the formula for a straight line?
Y = bX + a
y = criterion variable (DV)
b = slope of line
X = predictor variable (IV)
a = intercept
What is Bivariate regression?
summarises and studies relationship between 2 variables
What is multiple Regression?
increase the amount of variance explained by model by including additional variables