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Sometimes we need to predict a numeric value or set of such values, given existing (training) data

Regression - Overview
This week we will study linear regression, which is one of the classic techniques
- Regression as a means of minimising sum of the squared errors
- Regression assumptions - what they mean, how they can be used for validation and model building
- Case studies from Diamond sales
- Handout
- Presentation
Practical
Practical session - using an extensively annotated Python notebook to work on the diamond data set that was introduced in the Regression 1 class.
- Open