The Essence of Linear Regression

This StatQuest takes you through basic linear regression, step-by-step, explaining both the method and the motivation behind the method. Each step is broken down into easy-to-understand parts so that anyone can develop a deep understanding of how to do and interpret a linear regression. BAM! If you'd like to support StatQuest, please consider... Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/statquest ...or... YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtYLUTtgS3k1Fg4y5tAhLbw/join ...buying a book, a study guide, a t-shirt or hoodie, or a song from the StatQuest store... https://statquest.org/statquest-store/ ...or just donating to StatQuest! paypal: https://www.paypal.me/statquest venmo: @JoshStarmer Lastly, if you want to keep up with me as I research and create new StatQuests, follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/joshuastarmer 0:00 Awesome song and introduction 9:45 Quantifying Prediction Accuracy with the Sum of Squared Residuals 14:43 Fitting a Line with Least Squares 17:11 Assessing Predictions with R-Squared 24:29 Assessing Predictions with a p-value 30:03 Putting it all together #StatQuest