Lecture 3: Multiple Regression Model - McCombs School of Business
Lecture 3: Multiple Regression Model - McCombs School of Business
Lecture 3: Multiple Regression Model - McCombs School of Business
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Why not look at R 2<br />
◮ R 2 in MLR is still a measure <strong>of</strong> goodness <strong>of</strong> fit.<br />
◮ However it ALWAYS grows as we increase the number <strong>of</strong><br />
explanatory variables.<br />
◮ Even if there is no relationship between the X ′ s and Y ,<br />
R 2 > 0!!<br />
◮ To see this let’s look at some “Garbage” Data<br />
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