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Re:Abusing linear regression to make a point by sideshowb on Monday July 06, 2020 @06:57PM (#23753726)
If only. Sometimes they smooth or bin the data points and then post r2!
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Re:Abusing linear regression to make a point by MrL567 on Monday July 06, 2020 @07:13PM (#23753829)
Reminds me about the classic regression excel joke saying that to get a better regression, one should sort the points to be in order first.
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