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Direct linkHelmreich, James E.; Krog, K. Peter – PRIMUS, 2018
We present a short, inquiry-based learning course on concepts and methods underlying ordinary least squares (OLS), least absolute deviation (LAD), and quantile regression (QR). Students investigate squared, absolute, and weighted absolute distance functions (metrics) as location measures. Using differential calculus and properties of convex…
Descriptors: Least Squares Statistics, Regression (Statistics), Active Learning, Inquiry
