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Introduction to Linear Regression

A data scientist's first goal is to find underlying relations within the variables of a dataset. Several statistical and machine learning methods can be used to discover such relations. Once uncovered, this information can be applied to everyday problems. For example, in clinical medicine, a predictive model based on clinical data can help clinicians guide a patient's treatment by offering insights that might not have otherwise been taken into account. Simple linear regression One of the most basic methods available to [...]

Logistic regression and GTEx

Working with all sorts of data, it happens sometimes that we want to predict the value of a variable which is not numerical. For those cases, a logistic regression is appropriate. It is similar to a linear regression except that it deals with the fact that the dependent variable is categorical. Here is the formula for the linear regression, where we want to estimate the parameters beta (coefficients) that fit best our data : \begin{equation} Y_i = \beta_0 + \beta_1 X_i [...]

By |2017-04-29T17:44:14+00:00January 27, 2017|Categories: Biology, Data Analysis, Python|Tags: , , |0 Comments
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