Chapter-5: Multiple Linear Regression

5.1 REVIEW OF SIMPLE LINEAR REGRESSION

A simple linear regression is carried out to estimate the relationship between a dependent
variable, Y, and a single explanatory variable, X, given a set of data that includes
observations for both of these variables for a particular population. And it can be represented
by the following equation:

Where, is the intercept and is the slope of the line. And is the error term.

5.2 MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION

In multiple linear regression, there are p explanatory variables, and the relationship between
the dependent variable and the explanatory variables is represented by the following
equation:

Where:

is the constant term and

to are the coefficients relating the p explanatory variables to the variables of interest.

And is the error term.

So, multiple linear regression can be thought of an extension of simple linear regression,
where there are p explanatory variables, or simple linear regression can be thought of as a
special case of multiple linear regression, where p=1. The term ‘linear’ is used because in
multiple linear regression we assume that y is directly related to a linear combination of the
explanatory variables.

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5.3 Relation between CGPA and time spend on internet, time spend on
study, income.

Table5.1: Coefficient of regression model for CGPA and time spend on internet, time spends
on study, income.

Coefficients
Model Unstandardized Coefficients
B Std. Error
(Constant) 3.234 .101
Time spend on internet -.038 .030
Spend time on study .161 .042
Income -.05 .000

Comment: From the above regression coefficient table the regression line becomes,

Hence it is clear from the above regression equation, one unit increase in ‘Time spends on
internet’ holding other variable constant CGPA decreases by .04 units. Again one unit
increase on variable ‘Time spends on study’ will increase CGPA by .162 units. And one unit
increase in ‘Income’, CGPA decreases by .05 units.

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