After reading this chapter, you should be able to:

14.1 Understand the logic behind an ordinary least squares (OLS) regression.

14.2 Describe how to calculate a bivariate regression.

14.3 Explain how to interpret bivariate regression results and test hypotheses.

14.4 Describe why one would include multiple independent variables in a regression to control for other sources of variation.

14.5 Explain how to interpret multivariate regression results and test hypotheses.

14.6 Understand the logic behind a maximum likelihood analysis.

14.7 Explain how to interpret logistic regression results and test hypotheses.