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Pinder, Jonathan P. – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2013
Business students taking business analytics courses that have significant predictive modeling components, such as marketing research, data mining, forecasting, and advanced financial modeling, are introduced to nonlinear regression using application software that is a "black box" to the students. Thus, although correct models are…
Descriptors: Spreadsheets, Computer Software, Regression (Statistics), Business Administration Education
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Walters, Elizabeth J.; Morrell, Christopher H.; Auer, Richard E. – Journal of Statistics Education, 2006
Least squares regression is the most common method of fitting a straight line to a set of bivariate data. Another less known method that is available on Texas Instruments graphing calculators is median-median regression. This method is proposed as a simple method that may be used with middle and high school students to motivate the idea of fitting…
Descriptors: Simulation, Graphing Calculators, Regression (Statistics), Least Squares Statistics