Linear functions are widely used in economics, physics, finance, and data analysis. A positive slope indicates that both variables increase together; a negative slope means one decreases as the ...

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To minimize the error, we need to minimize the Linear Regression Cost Function. Lesser the cost function, better the learning, more accurate will be the predictions.

We proposed a linking method called the synthetic function, which is a weighted average of the identity function and a traditional equating function (in this case, the chained linear equating function ...

A Monte Carlo study (Wahl 1971) is compared to the study of Marks and Dunn (1974) which investigated the ability of three discriminant functions, the quadratic, best linear, and Fisher's linear ...