Category Archives: Statistics

How to ‘diagnose’ & ‘fix’ violated assumptions of linear regression model?

Typically, when a researcher wants to determine the linear relationship between the target and one or more predictors, the one test that would occur to the researcher is the linear regression model.  Linear regression attempts to analyse whether one or more predictor variables explain the dependent variables. While one variable is considered to be explanatory, […]

Distinction between Descriptive Statistics and Inferential Statistics

Distinction between Descriptive Statistics and Inferential Statistics  There are two major parts in statistics. Each of these two segments is important and has a different purpose to solve. These two sub fields are named as descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. How are these two areas different from each other? Descriptive Statistics It is the type […]