hacktoberfest-2018/code/linear_regression.py

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

def estimate_coef(x, y):
    # number of observations/points
    n = np.size(x)

    # mean of x and y vector
    m_x, m_y = np.mean(x), np.mean(y)

    # calculating cross-deviation and deviation about x
    SS_xy = np.sum(y*x - n*m_y*m_x)
    SS_xx = np.sum(x*x - n*m_x*m_x)

    # calculating regression coefficients
    b_1 = SS_xy / SS_xx
    b_0 = m_y - b_1*m_x

    return(b_0, b_1)

def plot_regression_line(x, y, b):
    # plotting the actual points as scatter plot
    plt.scatter(x, y, color = "m",
               marker = "o", s = 30)

    # predicted response vector
    y_pred = b[0] + b[1]*x

    # plotting the regression line
    plt.plot(x, y_pred, color = "g")

    # putting labels
    plt.xlabel('x')
    plt.ylabel('y')

    # function to show plot
    plt.show()

def main():
    # observations
    x = np.array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9])
    y = np.array([1, 3, 2, 5, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10, 12])

    # estimating coefficients
    b = estimate_coef(x, y)
    print("Estimated coefficients:\nb_0 = {}  \\nb_1 = {}".format(b[0], b[1])) 

    # plotting regression line
    plot_regression_line(x, y, b)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()