Stats Interpretation Sentences

least squares regression line

this line was made to have the minimized sum of squared residuals

y-intercept

When x=0 context, the predicted y-context is # y-context.

slope

For each additional x-context, the predicted y-context increases/decreases by # slope.

residual

The actual y-context was # residual above/below the predicted value for x-context.

r²

#% variation in y-context is explained by its linear relationship with x-context.

DUFS

direction, unusual features, form, strength + context