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Linear Regression in Machine Learning - Explained With Python

Linear regression is a fundamental machine learning technique used for predicting continuous values by fitting a straight line to data. The document provides an overview of regression modeling, including how to train a model in Python and evaluate its performance using mean squared error. It also includes example code for implementing linear regression with Scikit-learn.

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Linear regression is a fundamental machine learning technique used for predicting continuous values by fitting a straight line to data. The document provides an overview of regression modeling, including how to train a model in Python and evaluate its performance using mean squared error. It also includes example code for implementing linear regression with Scikit-learn.

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Linear Regression in Machine Learning

– Explained with Python


Prepared as an academic resource
Table of Contents
Introduction
Linear regression is one of the most fundamental techniques in machine learning for
predicting continuous values.

Learning Objectives
- Understand regression modeling

- Train a model in Python

- Evaluate prediction performance

Theoretical Concepts
Linear regression fits a straight line to data. The goal is to minimize the difference between
predicted and actual values.

Example Code
import pandas as pd
from sklearn.linear_model import LinearRegression
from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split
from sklearn.metrics import mean_squared_error

df = pd.read_csv("housing.csv")
X = df[["area", "bedrooms", "age"]]
y = df["price"]

X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test = train_test_split(X, y, test_size=0.2)


model = LinearRegression()
model.fit(X_train, y_train)
y_pred = model.predict(X_test)

print("MSE:", mean_squared_error(y_test, y_pred))

Summary
Linear regression is easy to implement and interpret, making it ideal for beginners. Scikit-
learn makes model creation simple.

Review Questions
- What does linear regression model?
- How is model accuracy measured?

- Why split into train and test sets?

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