- The document discusses linear regression models and methods for estimating coefficients, including ordinary least squares and regularization methods like ridge regression and lasso regression.
- It explains how lasso regression, unlike ordinary least squares and ridge regression, has the property of driving some of the coefficient estimates exactly to zero, allowing for variable selection.
- An example using crime rate data shows how lasso regression can select a more parsimonious model than other methods by setting some coefficients to zero.
- The document discusses linear regression models and methods for estimating coefficients, including ordinary least squares and regularization methods like ridge regression and lasso regression.
- It explains how lasso regression, unlike ordinary least squares and ridge regression, has the property of driving some of the coefficient estimates exactly to zero, allowing for variable selection.
- An example using crime rate data shows how lasso regression can select a more parsimonious model than other methods by setting some coefficients to zero.