What is one instance where you think linear regression would be useful to you while working in healthcare? Please describe including why and how it would be used.
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Linear regression would be useful in Healthcare:
Linear regression can be applied to health care in many ways.
The main purpose of linear regression is to predict the future value
In healthcare we predict the probability of high blood pressure for a person, Linear Regression can be applied as follows:
the Dependent Variable(y), also called the Response varaiable is blood Pressure
the independent varaiables(x) are
a) age of the person
b) gender
c) Height to weight ratio
d) Family history( whether parents with high blood pressure
e) type of employment: highly sensitive or normal
f) any bad habit Smoking, drinking,
We collect data from using above pattern from the patients.
Linear Regression can be fitted to the data. the can be used for analysis.
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