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Diffstat (limited to 'Lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/statistics.py | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/statistics.py b/Lib/statistics.py index 507a5b2..5d38f85 100644 --- a/Lib/statistics.py +++ b/Lib/statistics.py @@ -930,15 +930,15 @@ def linear_regression(regressor, dependent_variable, /): Return the intercept and slope of simple linear regression parameters estimated using ordinary least squares. Simple linear regression describes relationship between *regressor* and - *dependent variable* in terms of linear function:: + *dependent variable* in terms of linear function: dependent_variable = intercept + slope * regressor + noise - where ``intercept`` and ``slope`` are the regression parameters that are - estimated, and noise term is an unobserved random variable, for the - variability of the data that was not explained by the linear regression - (it is equal to the difference between prediction and the actual values - of dependent variable). + where *intercept* and *slope* are the regression parameters that are + estimated, and noise represents the variability of the data that was + not explained by the linear regression (it is equal to the + difference between predicted and actual values of dependent + variable). The parameters are returned as a named tuple. |