Linear forecasting models can be used in both types of forecasting methods. In the case of causal methods, the causal model may consist of a linear regression with several explanatory variables.

This Month Published: 01 December 2015 Points of Significance Multiple linear regression Martin Krzywinski & Naomi Altman Nature Methods 12, 1103–1104 (2015) Cite this article ...

Simple linear regression is commonly used in forecasting and financial analysis—for a company to tell how a change in the GDP could affect sales, for example. Microsoft Excel and other software ...

This article is concerned with the selection of subsets of predictor variables in a linear regression model for the prediction of a dependent variable. It is based on a Bayesian approach, intended to ...