Linear regression is a technique that models a linear relati…

Linear regression is a technique that models a linear relationship between dependent and independent variables.  Linear regression and logistic regression are the same techniques, but go by different names depending on which tool you are using to perform the analysis.

Hoping to gain a position on a campaign staff, an unemployed…

Hoping to gain a position on a campaign staff, an unemployed law student sent a detailed outline of a campaign strategy to a candidate for Congress. The candidate turned the materials over to his campaign manager, who advised the candidate to adopt some of them in his commercials. The candidate wrote the law student, thanking him for his interest in the campaign and stating that although he had a campaign staff and strategy in place, some of the ideas were good and he adopted them. He added, “To say ‘thanks’ to a future constituent, I’d like to offer to pay you for your expenses in developing the materials you sent me. Send the bill to my campaign headquarters.” Nevertheless, the candidate lost the election. One week after election day, the law student’s bill for $1,500 arrived at the candidate’s campaign headquarters. Campaign debts were high, and the candidate told his campaign manager not to pay the bill. The law student filed suit against the candidate to obtain payment of the bill plus an additional $10,000 for his ideas. What additional fact, if true, would most strengthen the candidate’s defense against the law student’s suit?