%0 Journal Article
%T Common pitfalls in statistical analysis: Linear regression analysis
%A Priya Ranganathan
%A Rakesh Aggarwal
%J Archive of "Perspectives in Clinical Research".
%D 2017
%R 10.4103/2229-3485.203040
%X In a previous article in this series, we explained correlation analysis which describes the strength of relationship between two continuous variables. In this article, we deal with linear regression analysis which predicts the value of one continuous variable from another. We also discuss the assumptions and pitfalls associated with this analysis
%K Biostatistics
%K linear model
%K regression analysis
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5384397/