Classical models built from the math you already know
Every regression model built so far assumed a straight-line relationship between x and y: pick a slope and an intercept, done. Real relationships are rarely that obliging. A cost curve bends. A growth trend flattens out. A straight line can only ever do one thing: go straight.
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▶ Polynomial & Basis-Expansion Regression