ABSTRACT
Inferential statistics draws valid inferences about a population based on an analysis of a representative sample of that population. The results of such an analysis are generalized to the larger population from which the sample originates, in order to make assumptions or predictions about the population in general. This chapter introduces linear, logistics, and polynomial regression analyses for inferential statistics. The result of a regression analysis on a sample is a predictive model in the form of a set of equations.
