Polynomial Linear Regression

Simple Linear Regression:

Multiple Linear Regression:
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Simple Linear Regression:
Multiple Linear Regression:

• When the distribution of the data is of the above form, then we cannot use
simple or multiple linear regression as data distribution is not of linear form.
• We will not be able to fit it properly through them. In such kind of scenario,
we use polynomial linear regression
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• If X & Y are two features where X is independent and Y is dependent, and we

have checked that we cannot fit the data through linear regression, then we
try it for various degrees.
• We first check for degree 2, and if we are able to fit properly, then good;
otherwise, we choose degree 3.
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• Selection of degree value is hyperparameter.
• If we choose a smaller value of the degree, then it may turn into underfitting.
• Similarly, if we choose a larger value of degree, then it may turn into
overfitting.
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• Polynomial regression is called polynomial linear regression as the

relationship between the dependent variable and the unknown parameters is
still linear, i.e., the degree of unknown parameters is still one.
• Polynomial regression is a refinement for simple linear regression to fit the
data points that are in curved shape rather than a straight-line shape. So, it
can be concluded that it is used for nonlinear data.