10.1: Categorical Predictors & Interaction Terms

Upcoming deadlines

  • Statistics Reflection 10/6 11:59 PM

Learning Objectives

By the end of the class, students should be able to:

  • interpret categorical terms in an MLR model

  • interpret interaction terms in an MLR model

  • determine when interaction terms are useful

Class prep

Watch these two videos:

Categorical Predictors

Interaction Terms

Slides: Categorical predictors, Interaction terms

Optional/supplementary textbook reading: ISLR section 3.3 up to “Nonlinear Relationships”

Class materials

Notes/code (qmd)