• In a deterministic relation, complete knowledge of the values of independent variables specifies the values of dependent variables
• In a nondeterministic (or, probabilistic) relation, complete knowledge of the values of the independent variables does not specify, but can help predict, the values of dependent variables

\(y = β_0 + β_1x\)

• a linear deterministic relation used to generalize a linear probabilistic relation
• has response variable \(y\), y-intercept \(β_0\), slope \(β_1\), and predictor variable \(y\)
• does not address randomness inherent to a probabilistic relation

\(Y = β_0 + β_1x + ϵ\)

• has error \(ϵ\), with expected value (or, mean) \(E(ϵ) = 0\) and variance \(V(ϵ) = σ^2\)
• \(Y\) differs from expected value by random amount \(ϵ\)
• addresses randomness inherent to a probabilistic relation

\(x_1, x_2, ..., x_n\)

• set of predictor values corresponding to a set of observations numbering \(n\)

\(y_1, y_2, ..., y_n\)

• set of response values corresponding to a set of observations numbering \(n\)

\((x_1, y_1), (x_2, y_2), ..., (x_n, y_n)\)

• set of observations numbering \(n\)

A scatterplot represents each observation as a point on the \(x-y\) plane.

• error \(ϵ\) permits observations to be plotted above or below the line, \(y = β_0 + β_1x\) (or, the regression line)
• \(E(Y|x*)\) represents mean of \(Y\) when \(x\) has value \(x*\)
• \(V(Y|x*)\) represents variance of \(Y\) when \(x\) has value \(x*\)
• \(E(β_0 + β_1x + ϵ) = E(β_0 + β_1x) + E(ϵ) = E(β_0 + β_1x) = y\)
• \(V(β_0 + β_1x + ϵ) = V(β_0 + β_1x) + V(ϵ) = V(ϵ) = σ^2\)

ggplot2::mpg is a dataset, describing fuel economy from 1999 to 2008 for 38 models of cars, used to demonstrate a scatterplot with regression line.

parameters used: displ (engine displacement, in litres); cyl (number of cylinders); cty (city miles per gallon); hwy (highway miles per gallon), class (car type)

summary(mpg[, c('displ', 'cyl', 'hwy', 'cty')])

##      displ            cyl             hwy             cty       
##  Min.   :1.600   Min.   :4.000   Min.   :12.00   Min.   : 9.00  
##  1st Qu.:2.400   1st Qu.:4.000   1st Qu.:18.00   1st Qu.:14.00  
##  Median :3.300   Median :6.000   Median :24.00   Median :17.00  
##  Mean   :3.472   Mean   :5.889   Mean   :23.44   Mean   :16.86  
##  3rd Qu.:4.600   3rd Qu.:8.000   3rd Qu.:27.00   3rd Qu.:19.00  
##  Max.   :7.000   Max.   :8.000   Max.   :44.00   Max.   :35.00