use regression model to make prediction when :
- Your two variables should be measured at the
continuous level (i.e., they are either
interval or ratio variables).
Examples of continuous variables include revision
time (measured in hours), intelligence (measured using IQ score),
exam performance (measured from 0 to 100), weight (measured in
kg)
- There needs to be a linear relationship
between the two variables
- There should be no significant outliers. An
outlier is an observed data point that has a dependent variable
value that is very different to the value predicted by the
regression equation.
- You should have independence of
observations.
- Your data needs to show homoscedasticity.
Do not use regression model to make prediction when:
- Your data are heteroscedasticity.
- multi collinearity ( correlation between independent variables)
occurs.
coefficient of determination R2
value tells us how good the prediction will be