[SOLVED] STAT340: Discussion 7: Linear regression

title:STAT340: Discussion 7: Linear regression
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## Exercise

Today were going to use the built-in `mtcars` dataset to practice simple linear regression. Note this is a built-in dataset provided as part of the `datasets` package in `R`.

### Background

Run `?(mtcars)` in the console (do NOT add it to this `Rmd` file) and briefly read the help page. Specifically, take note of the following:

1. What is the source of this data?
2. What is this dataset measuring? (i.e. what is the response variable?)
3. What predictors are available and what do they mean?

Feel free to also run `head(mtcars, 10)` or `View(mtcars)` to inspect the data frame briefly before moving on.

### Fitting

Uncomment the line below and finish it. Specifically, use `lm` to run a regression of `mpg` on one other predictor (an easy way to do this is to use `mpg ~ var` where `var` is the predictor youre using). Make sure to also include `data = mtcars` as an argument or it wont know where to get the variable names from.

# lm.mtcars = lm()

View a summary of the regression by uncommenting and running the line below

# summary(lm.mtcars)

Briefly inspect the residuals plot by running `plot(lm.mtcars,which=1:2)` . What do you observe, and what does it mean?

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### Interpretation

Uncomment the line below to get the estimated coefficients along with their standard errors.

# summary(lm.mtcars)$coefficients[,1:2]

Give an interpretation of the estimate and standard error for your predictor. Be careful in your wording of the interpretation.

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What does the intercept here mean? (Except for special situations, we generally dont care much about the intercept, but you should still understand what it means.)

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What is the R for this model? (Hint: look at the output of `summary`) Give an interpretation of this value.

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Briefly read about the [adjusted R here](https://www.statisticshowto.com/probability-and-statistics/statistics-definitions/adjusted-r2/). What is the adjusted R of this model and how does this differ from the normal R value? (Hint: again, look at the output of `summary`).

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Generate $95%$ confidence intervals for the coefficients using the `confint` function. Give an interpretation of these confidence intervals.

# confint()

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# Try with others!

Repeat the steps above for at least 1 other predictor. Which of these two predictors seems to offer a better predictive ability for `mpg`? How do you know?

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