This course introduces simple and multiple linear regression models. These models allow you to assess the relationship between variables in a data set and a continuous response variable. Is there a relationship between the physical attractiveness of a professor and their student evaluation scores? Can we predict the test score for a child based on certain characteristics of his or her mother? In this course, you will learn the fundamental theory behind linear regression and, through data examples, learn to fit, examine, and utilize regression models to examine relationships between multiple variables, using the free statistical software R and RStudio.
This course is part of the Statistics with R Specialization
Linear Regression and Modeling
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Skills you will gain
StatisticsLinear RegressionR ProgrammingRegression Analysis
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week
1About Linear Regression and Modeling
This short module introduces basics about Coursera specializations and courses in general, this specialization: Statistics with R, and this course: Linear Regression and Modeling. Please take several minutes to browse them through. Thanks for joining us in this course!
1 video (Total 2 min), 2 readings
1 video
2 readings
About Statistics with R Specialization10m
More about Linear Regression and Modeling10m
Linear Regression
In this week we’ll introduce linear regression. Many of you may be familiar with regression from reading the news, where graphs with straight lines are overlaid on scatterplots. Linear models can be used for prediction or to evaluate whether there is a linear relationship between two numerical variables.
8 videos (Total 47 min), 3 readings, 2 quizzes
8 videos
Introduction58s
Correlation9m
Residuals1m
Least Squares Line11m
Prediction and Extrapolation3m
Conditions for Linear Regression10m
R Squared4m
Regression with Categorical Explanatory Variables5m
3 readings
Lesson Learning Objectives10m
Lesson Learning Objectives10m
Week 1 Suggested Readings and Practice10m
2 practice exercises
Week 1 Practice Quiz8m
Week 1 Quiz18m
Week
2More about Linear Regression
Welcome to week 2! In this week, we will look at outliers, inference in linear regression and variability partitioning. Please use this week to strengthen your understanding on linear regression. Don't forget to post your questions, concerns and suggestions in the discussion forum!
3 videos (Total 24 min), 3 readings, 3 quizzes
3 readings
Lesson Learning Objectives10m
Week 2 Suggested Readings and Exercises10m
Instructions for Week 1 & 2 Lab10m
3 practice exercises
Week 2 Practice Quiz6m
Week 2 Quiz16m
Week 1 & 2 Lab20m
Week
3Multiple Regression
In this week, we’ll explore multiple regression, which allows us to model numerical response variables using multiple predictors (numerical and categorical). We will also cover inference for multiple linear regression, model selection, and model diagnostics. Hope you enjoy!
7 videos (Total 57 min), 4 readings, 3 quizzes
7 videos
Multiple Predictors11m
Adjusted R Squared10m
Collinearity and Parsimony3m
Inference for MLR11m
Model Selection11m
Diagnostics for MLR7m
4 readings
Lesson Learning Objectives10m
Lesson Learning Objectives10m
Week 3 Suggested Readings and Exercises10m
Instructions for Week 3 Lab10m
3 practice exercises
Week 3 Practice Quiz16m
Week 3 Quiz20m
Week 3 Lab20m
Week
4Final Project
In this week you will use the data set provided to complete and report on a data analysis question. Please read the background information, review the report template (downloaded from the link in Lesson Project Information), and then complete the peer review assignment.
1 reading, 1 quiz
1 reading
Project Files and Rubric10m
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By PK•May 24th 2017
Very good course taught by Dr. Mine who is as always a very good teacher. The videos are very eloquent and easy to understand. Highly recommend it if you are looking for a basic refresher course.
By PS•Sep 15th 2017
fantastic course on linear regression, concepts are well explained followed by quiz and practical exercises.\n\nthough you need to complete the prior courses to understand this.
Instructor
Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel
Associate Professor of the PracticeDepartment of Statistical Science
About Duke University
Duke University has about 13,000 undergraduate and graduate students and a world-class faculty helping to expand the frontiers of knowledge. The university has a strong commitment to applying knowledge in service to society, both near its North Carolina campus and around the world.
About the Statistics with R Specialization
In this Specialization, you will learn to analyze and visualize data in R and create reproducible data analysis reports, demonstrate a conceptual understanding of the unified nature of statistical inference, perform frequentist and Bayesian statistical inference and modeling to understand natural phenomena and make data-based decisions, communicate statistical results correctly, effectively, and in context without relying on statistical jargon, critique data-based claims and evaluated data-based decisions, and wrangle and visualize data with R packages for data analysis.
You will produce a portfolio of data analysis projects from the Specialization that demonstrates mastery of statistical data analysis from exploratory analysis to inference to modeling, suitable for applying for statistical analysis or data scientist positions.
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