A Lesson in Least Squares and R Squared

Authors
Becker, William Kennedy, Peter
Citation
Becker, William et Kennedy, Peter, A Lesson in Least Squares and R Squared, American statistician , 46(4), 1992, pp. 282-283
Journal title
American statistician → ACNP
ISSN journal
00031305
Volume
46
Issue
4
Year of publication
1992
Pages
282 - 283
Database
ACNP
SICI code
Abstract
An exercise is presented that checks students' understanding of least squares and reminds them of problems with R 2 when an intercept is not included in the regression.