Question

is anybody good at regression?

Answer 1

what type of regression?

Answer 2

if values are given x and y would you know what type of regression it is such as exponential, linear, etc.

Answer 3

what type of data/how much?

Answer 4

x values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
y values: 112, 114, 119, 122, 129

Answer 5

ok, do you have certain types of regression to choose from?

Answer 6

linear, exponential, and logarithmic etc.

Answer 7

ok, so i will look at those three types.

Answer 8

ok

Answer 9

exponential is slightly better than linear and logarithmic is probably the least best.
for exponential: y = 107.17e0.035x (correlation coefficient is .971).

Answer 10

so what would the reasoning of choosing exponential be?

Answer 11

the exponential regression more accurately fits your data.

Answer 12

ok thanks