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S3E17: Logistic Regression: 2 Logit 2 Quit

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Using a Linear Model to Predict Weight

In the linear model, we have a sum of squares associated with an outcome. That is essentially how bad your doing at prediction if you had just predicted a mean weight for everybody. But that gets a lot trickier when we move into the maximum likelihood world. So tell me how do we use the magic of maximum likelihood to get kind of r squared by kinda, you mean, a fake or that's what we should call it?

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