What Is Polynomial Regression
A polynomial is a mathematical expression that is a sum of more than one monomial (Wikipedia). A monomial can be a constant, or a variable (also called indeterminate). In a monomial, the coefficients should be involved with only the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and non-negative integer exponents (Wikipedia). For example, X2+5X-7 is a polynomial, and it is a quadratic one. Polynomial regression is the regression technique that tries to figure out the polynomial that fits the relationship of one dependent variable (Y) and one or more independent variables (X1, X2…). When there is only one independent variable, it is called a univariate polynomial (Wikipedia). When there are more than one independent variable, it is called a multivariate polynomial (Wikipedia). Polynomial regression is widely used in biology, psychology, technology, and management field (Jia, 2011).
The Relationship Between Polynomial Regression and Other Regressions
How do we use a polynomial regression? If we want to understand polynomial regression, first we need to know what’s the relationship between polynomial regression and other regressions. A simple linear regression studies the relationship of one independent variable and one dependent variable. In a simple regression model, we assume that there is only one independent variable that contributes to the changes of the dependent variable and the relationship between them is linear. However, that is usually an idealized case. In the real world practice, a dependent variable can be influenced by so many factors. For example, wool yield is controlled by weight, chest circumference, and body length of sheep（Jia, 2011）. This is the t...
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...ly with the increasing of indeterminates (Jia, 2011). And in the meantime the calculations become very difficult as well.
Now we can use techniques from linear regression to solve the problem. After the transformation, the least squares method will be used to predict those unknown betas. The core concept of the least squares method is to make the sum of (y-ye)2 the least (Jia, 2011). There is no need to calculate them by ourselves because the process is complex. We usually use computer to assist us to get the results of the least squares method.
An example of using polynomial regression in SPSS
（use online data, show SPSS steps, result interpretations）
Reference
Jia, J. (2011). Statistics. Beijing, China: China Remin University Press.
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Y = sales of firm, X = average height of employees, α = intercept of the regression line,
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The degrees of freedom (df) of an estimate is the number or function of sample size of information on which the estimate is based and are free to vary relating to the sample size (Jackson, 2012; Trochim & Donnelly, 2008).
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The information gained may support or yield opposite results based on predictions being tested. My independent variable would be time and the dependent one would be the enzyme pectinase. I believe the key feature of my experimentation is the control of most factors so that the influence of a single factor can be seen clearly.
Dependent variable (pg. 39) – a type of variable that is influenced by the independent variable. An example of a dependent variable would be the amount of hits the football players takes compared to how much time they play.
The CPI in the United States is defined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as "a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services." So basically the CPI is an indication of the fluctuation of price of goods and services in the country. Each country has their own CPI index whether it’s the U.S., Canada or UK. Calculating CPI is not very complicated it is simply done by getting the numbers of change in price of the fixed price of goods. Once that is done the numbers are then averaged which then leads to weighing them based on how important the good is. The changes that do occur in these numbers are then related to the changes that occur in cost of living. Such as if the prices of oil goes up it will be reflected in these numbers as fuel is a very important aspect of living cost whether it means for your car or your home. The CPI numbers are updated monthly on the official government site.
Big O notation or Big Oh notation, and also Landau notation or asymptotic notation, is a mathematical notation used to describe the asymptotic behavior of functions. (Sestoft, p. 40) Its purpose is to characterize a function's behavior for very large (or very small) inputs in a simple but rigorous way that enables comparison to other functions. More precisely, the symbol O is used to describe an asymptotic upper bound for the magnitude of a function in terms of another, usually simpler, function. It has two main areas of application in mathematics, it is usually used to characterize the residual term of a truncated infinite series, especially an asymptotic series, and in computer science, it is useful in the analysis of the complexity of algorithms.
4. Compute successive value of recursively using the computed values of (from step 2), the given initial estimate , and the input data .
Newton-Raphson method is of use when it comes to approximating the root or roots of an equation.
I definitely want to solve more of these types of questions and learn more about the other fields of mathematics.
Simple linear regression is a model with a single regressor x that has a relationship with a response y that is a straight line. This simple linear regression model can be expressed as
In chapter 1 the section 1.1 explains what Multivariate statistics is which is a subdivision of statistics encompassing the simultaneous observation and analysis of more than one outcome variable. The application of multivariate statistics is multivariate analysis.
Currently present are non invasive computational modelling techniques, these are very informative and display results with high levels of accuracy but they do have some drawbacks. It requires a long and dreary approach of formulating math equations which must then be followed by substantial computational efforts. Besides that, model preparations also involve time consuming efforts. In order to minimize computational run-time, certain assumptions have to be made in order to simplify the governing equations and hence expose a certain uncertainty in the results generated.