Example on linear regression
Can be predict the number of people per one physician if we know
number of people per tv set in some country?
Y= number of people/physician
X= number of people/tv set
According to data collected from 32 countries
correlation coefficient is r=0.852
Now we can learnb linear regression model (by minimizing squared sum of
errors):
Y=56.2*X + 1019
(Reference: The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1993 (1993), New York:
Pharos Books, See also
http://www.stat.yale.edu/Courses/1997-98/101/linreg.htm)