Discuss the reasons and situations in which researchers would want to use linear regression? How would a researcher know whether linear regression would be the appropriate statistical technique to...

Discuss the reasons and situations in which researchers would want to use linear regression?

How would a researcher know whether linear regression would be the appropriate statistical technique to use?

What are some of the benefits of fitting the relationship between two variables to an equation for a straight line?

Give an example of data that can be modeled by using linear regression.