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Data Analysis Toolkit #10: Simple linear regression Page 1 Simple linear regression is the most commonly used technique for determining how one variable of interest (the response variable) is affected by changes in another variable (the explanatory variable). The terms response and explanatory mean the same thing as dependent and independent, but the former terminology is preferred because the independent variable may actually be interdependent with many other variables as