This week we will be building a regression model conceptually for our discussion assignment. Consider your favorite sports team (if you do not have one, use your hometown/high school sports team or a loved one's favorite team) and answer the following set of questions. Expand where needed to help others understand your thinking:

• What is the most important factor (variable) that is needed to predict "success" on the field? Why? Justify its selection as your dependent variable.
• What are other potential dependent variables in this context?
• Consider your dependent variable of choice. What are all the factors you can think of that can help predict it?

This is for my data analysis class!

• From the set of the factors above, create a list of independent variables (4 or 5) for your regression model. Why did you choose each one? Justify their inclusion.
• After your have selected your independent variables, write out the multiple regression equation conceptually. Look at the slides for an example.
• How will you perform your regression? What assumptions will you check for? After the analysis, what will you look for in the results?