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Regression
The "regression" techniques fall under the category of supervised machine
learning. They help predict or describe a particular numerical value based
on the set of prior information, such as anticipating the cost of a property
based on previous cost information for similar characteristics. Regression
techniques vary from simple (such as "linear regression") to complex (such
as “regular linear regression”, “polynomial regression”, “decision trees”,
“random forest regression” and “neural networks”, among others).
The simplest method of all is “linear regression”, where the line's
"mathematical equation (y= m*x+b) is used to model the data collection”.
Multiple "data pairs (x, y)" can train a "linear regression" model by
calculating the position and slope of a line that can decrease the total
distance between the data points and the line. In other words, the
calculation of the "slope (m)" and "y-intercept (b)" is used for a line that
produces the highest approximation for data observations. The
data relationships can be modeled with the use of "linear predictor
functions", where unidentified model variables can be estimated from the

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data. These systems are referred to as "linear models". Traditionally,
if values of the "explanatory variables" or "predictors" are known, the
conditional mean of the response would be used as the "affinity function" of
those values. The use of "conditional media" and other measures in linear
models is very rare. Similar to every other form of "regression analysis", the
"linear 
regression" 
also 
operates 
on 
the
"conditional probability distribution" of the responses instead of the joint
probability distribution of the variables obtained with the multivariate
analysis.
The most rigorously researched form of regression analysis with wide
applicability has been "linear regression". This emanates from the fact that
models that rely linearly on their unidentified parameters are easy to work
with compared to the models that are non-linearly related to their
parameters. As the statistical characteristics of the resulting predictors can
be easily determined with a linear distribution. There are many useful
applications of "linear regression", which can be categorized into one of the
following: 
If the objective is to generate forecasts and predictions or to
reduce errors, the predictive model can be matched to an
identified dataset and explanatory variables with the use of a
linear regression algorithm. Once the model has been developed,
any new input data without a response can be easily predicted by
the fitted model.
If the objective is to understand variations in the response
variables that may be ascribed to variations in the explanatory
variables, "linear regression analysis" could be used to quantify
the relationship between the predictors and the response

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specifically, to assess if certain explanatory variables lack any
linear relationship with the response. It can also be used to
identify subsets of predictors containing any data redundancies
about the response values.
The fitting of most "linear regression models" is accomplished using the
"least squares" approach. However, these model can also be fitted by
significantly reducing the "lack of fit" in some other standard (just like the
"least absolute deviation regression"), or by minimizing a "penalized
version of the least square as done in ridge regression (L2-norm penalty)
and lasso regression (L1-norm penalty)". By contrast, it is possible to use
the "least square" approach to fit machine learning models that are not
linear. Therefore, although the terms "least squares" and "linear model"
are strongly connected, they are not the same.