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Learn About Simple Regression in SPSS With Data From the China Health and Nutrition Survey (2006) / The Odum Institute.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: London : SAGE Publications, 2015Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour)Content type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781473937895 (online resource) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 001.422 23
Online resources: This work introduces readers to simple regression. This technique allows researchers to evaluate whether a continuous dependent variable is a linear function of a single independent variable. The simple linear regression model is most commonly estimated via ordinary least squares (OLS), and is sometimes called OLS regression. This example uses a subset of data from the 2006 China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) of adults. It presents an analysis of whether systolic blood pressure is a linear function of a person's weight. In other words, it examines whether weight is a predictor of someone's systolic blood pressure. High blood pressure is associated with a number of negative health outcomes. Thus results from an analysis like this could have implications for individual behaviour and public health policy.
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This work introduces readers to simple regression. This technique allows researchers to evaluate whether a continuous dependent variable is a linear function of a single independent variable. The simple linear regression model is most commonly estimated via ordinary least squares (OLS), and is sometimes called OLS regression. This example uses a subset of data from the 2006 China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) of adults. It presents an analysis of whether systolic blood pressure is a linear function of a person's weight. In other words, it examines whether weight is a predictor of someone's systolic blood pressure. High blood pressure is associated with a number of negative health outcomes. Thus results from an analysis like this could have implications for individual behaviour and public health policy.

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