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Regression in Excel: Accessing Excel Data From The Computer Lab

This document provides instructions for performing regression analysis in Excel, including correlation, calculating coefficients for the least squares regression line, and adding the least squares regression line to a scatterplot. The instructions explain how to insert data, run the correlation and regression tools, select input and output ranges, and interpret the output to obtain the correlation coefficient, regression coefficients, and add the regression line to a scatterplot.

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Regression in Excel: Accessing Excel Data From The Computer Lab

This document provides instructions for performing regression analysis in Excel, including correlation, calculating coefficients for the least squares regression line, and adding the least squares regression line to a scatterplot. The instructions explain how to insert data, run the correlation and regression tools, select input and output ranges, and interpret the output to obtain the correlation coefficient, regression coefficients, and add the regression line to a scatterplot.

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4/11/2018 Regression in Excel

Regression in Excel
Correlation

Insert your data into an Excel spreadsheet. (See Accessing Excel data from the computer lab) Insert
a row at the top and add titles to the columns if necessary or desired.

Click on Tools -- Data Analysis. Select Correlation. Click OK.

Position the cursor in the text box next to Input Range and use the mouse to select the columns
containing your data. Check the box next to Labels if appropriate. Click the radio button next to
Output Range and specify a cell in the upper right corner of an empty block of cells for the output.
Click OK. Excel will output a table containing 4 cells. The value of r is the number in the first row,
second column.

Coefficients for the Least Squares Regression Line

Insert your data into an Excel spreadsheet. (See Accessing Excel data from the computer lab) Insert
a row at the top and add titles to the columns if necessary or desired.

Click on Tools -- Data Analysis. Select Regression. Click OK.

Position the cursor in the text box next to Input Y Range and use the mouse to select the cells
containing the values of the response variable. Follow the same procedure to select the cells for the
explanatory variable. Check the box next to Labels if appropriate. Click the radio button next to
Output Range and specify a cell in the upper right corner of an empty block of cells for the output.
(You may want to check the boxes for Residuals and Residual plots at this time if you will need
that information.) Click OK.

Excel outputs several tables. The first contains the values of r and r2 (among other things we don't
need yet). The first column of the last two rows of the output contain the coefficients of the least-
squares reqression line. The first number is the intercept, the second is the slope.

Adding the Least-Squares Regression Line to a Scatterplot

Insert your data into a spreadsheet and create a scatterplot (see Scatterplots).

Click on the scatterplot to select it.

Click on the Chart menu and choose Add Trendline.

Choose Linear for Trend/Regression Type, then click on the Options tab at the top of the dialog
box. Select Automatic under Trendline name . Check the boxes for Display equation on chart
and Display R-Squared value on chart if desired. Click OK.

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