In statistics, Linear regression is generally used in predictive analysis. It is an approach used to describe the relationship between a dependent variable (y) or one or more independent variables (x). Here independent variables is also referred as explanatory variable. If its a case of one independent variable, the its called as simple linear regression. But if its deals two or more independent variable, then it called as multiple linear regression.
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