| − | According the website statsoft.com "The general purpose of multiple regression (the term was first used by Pearson, 1908) is to learn more about the relationship between several independent or predictor [[variable]]s and a dependent or criterion variable.[http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/multiple-regression/] | + | According the website statsoft.com, "The general purpose of multiple regression (the term was first used by Pearson, 1908) is to learn more about the relationship between several independent or predictor [[variable]]s and a dependent or criterion variable.[http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/multiple-regression/] |