How To Do Least Squares Regression In Statcrunch. The video shows how to use statcrunch to calculate the equation for the least squares regression line and the sum of the squared residuals. One last item to discuss:

Imagine you have some points, and want to have a line that best fits them like this: Select stat > regression > simple linear select the predictor variable for x & the response variable for y why is squaring used as a method of regression? Least squares regression line of best fit.