Significance tests on coefficients of lower-order terms in polynomial regression models are affected by linear transformations. For this reason, a polynomial regression model that excludes ...

Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research updates regression techniques and best practices guidance based on experience over the past two years, reflecting rapid advancements in machine learning with ...

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Reading is an important skill, and elementary school teachers have observed that the reading ability of their students tends to increase with their shoe size. To help boost reading skills, should ...

Dr. James McCaffrey presents a complete end-to-end demonstration of the kernel ridge regression technique to predict a single ...

We describe two approaches to instrumental variable estimation in binary regression measurement error models. The methods entail constructing approximate mean models ...

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