Introduction to linear regression analysis 5th eddouglas c montgomery elizabeth a peck and gpdf. Introduction to linear regression analysis linear regression is a widely used supervised learning algorithm for various applications the advantage of using linear regression is its implementation simplicity a linear regression algorithm is widely used in the cases where there is need to predict numerical values using the historical data. Introduction to linear regression analysis mathematics of simple regression regression examples baseball batting averages beer sales vs price part 1 descriptive analysis beer sales vs price part 2 fitting a simple model beer sales vs price part 3 transformations of variables