Often the questions we ask require us to make accurate predictions on how one factor affects an outcome. If a teacher is asked to work out how time spent writing an essay affects essay grades, it’s ...

Andriy Blokhin has 5+ years of professional experience in public accounting, personal investing, and as a senior auditor with Ernst & Young. Thomas J Catalano is a CFP and Registered Investment ...

Regression discrepancy-model equations fail to account for the common practice of obtaining more than one achievement score for a discrepancy area (e.g., reading comprehension). This article presents ...

In robust statistics, the concept of breakdown point was introduced to quantify the robustness of an estimator in a linear regression model. Computing the breakdown point is useful in tuning some ...

Successful investing requires the ability to distinguish long-term trends from the short-term noise that moves stock prices on a minute-to-minute basis. One way to tune out the random oscillations and ...

When multiple variables are associated with a response, the interpretation of a prediction equation is seldom simple.

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...