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The sign (positive or negative) on the coefficient for an independent variable tells us the direction of its association with the dependent variable (the outcome we are trying to explain). In the simple case above, the coefficient on height is positive. Taller people tend to weigh more.
Naked Statistics
Charles Wheelan
In New York City, the MTA used Replica data to understand and prioritize the most important trips; those of essential workers. The agency planned when service would close for cleaning of train cars during the peak of COVID in such a way that would not impact work commutes of essential workers, in an effort to avoid impacting these most important trips.
Synthetic Populations & the Future of Transport Modeling | by Urban AI | Urban AI | Medium
Urban AI
So his mutual commitment with Takver, their relationship, had remained thoroughly alive during their four years’ separation. They had both suffered from it, and suffered a good deal, but it had not occurred to either of them to escape the suffering by denying the commitment.
The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin
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