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Simple Linear Regression Tutorial for Machine Learning (ML)

Diving into calculating a simple linear regression and linear best fit with code examples in Python and math in detail

Author(s): Pratik Shukla, Roberto Iriondo

Last updated, January 8, 2021

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This tutorial’s code is available on Github and its full implementation as well on Google Colab.

Table of contents:

1. What is a Simple Linear Regression?
2. Calculating the Linear Best Fit
3. Finding the equation for the Linear Best Fit
4. Derivation of Simple Linear Regression Formula
5. Simple Linear Regression Python Implementation from Scratch
6. Simple Linear Regression Using Scikit-learn

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