This article describes the Simple Linear Regression method of analysis. What is Simple Linear Regression? Simple Linear Regression is a statistical technique that attempts to explore the relationship between one independent variable (X) and one dependent variable (Y). This method helps a business to identify […]
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This article explains the Karl Pearson Correlation method of analysis, and how it can be applied in business. What is the Karl Pearson Correlation Analytical Technique? Correlation is a statistical measure that indicates the extent to which two variables fluctuate together. A positive correlation indicates […]
This article provides a brief explanation of the SVM Classification method of analytics. What is SVM Classification Analysis? SVM Classifications are based on the idea of finding a hyper plane that best divides a dataset into predefined classes, as shown in the image below. The […]
In this article, we will discuss the Decision Tree analysis method. What is Decision Tree Analysis? There are two basic types of decision tree analysis: Classification and Regression. 1) Classification Trees are used when the target variable is categorical and, as the name implies, are […]
This article provides a brief explanation of the ARIMA method of analytical forecasting. What is ARIMA Forecasting? Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) predicts future values of a time series using a linear combination of its past values and a series of errors. This analytical forecasting […]
This article provides a brief explanation of the KMeans Clustering algorithm. What is the KMeans Clustering algorithm? The KMeans Clustering algorithm is a process by which objects are classified into number of groups so that they are as much dissimilar as possible from one group […]
This article provides a brief explanation of the definition and uses of the Descriptive Statistics algorithms. What is a Descriptive Statistics? Descriptive statistics helps users to describe and understand the features of a specific dataset, by providing short summaries and a graphic depiction of the […]