Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

When you perform regression analysis in Microsoft Excel, you are engaging in a statistical process that helps you understand the relationship between variables. This technique is particularly useful ...

Linear regression is a type of data analysis that considers the linear relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables. It is typically used to visually show the ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

Have you ever found yourself staring at a spreadsheet, trying to make sense of all those numbers? Many face the challenge of transforming raw data into actionable insights, especially when it comes to ...

Machine learning with deep neural techniques has advanced quickly, so Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research updates regression techniques and best practices guidance based on experience over the ...

During economic downturns an economy’s output of goods and services declines. When times are good, by contrast, that output—usually measured as GDP—increases (see “Gross Domestic Product: An Economy’s ...