TITLE:
Using Baseball Data as a Gentle Introduction to Teaching Linear Regression
AUTHORS:
Patrick R. McMullen
KEYWORDS:
Teaching, Linear Regression, Statistics, Survey, Baseball
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.6 No.14,
August
7,
2015
ABSTRACT: This effort describes a successful classroom exercise to introduce simple and multiple linear regression to working professional MBA students. The exercise starts by exploring the relationship between a baseball team’s payroll with its winning percentage. The exercise then continues with the introduction of additional predictor variables so that the students are able to build a strong predictive model for winning percentage. Student feedback consistently praises the exercise as an effective way to learn about linear regression.