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Fit Linear Regression: Analyze Economic Impact of Coefficients

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This interview question evaluates core ML concepts, assumptions, math intuition, training/evaluation trade-offs, and practical failure modes in a realistic interview setting. A strong answer for Fit Linear Regression: Analyze Economic Impact of Coefficients states assumptions, handles edge cases, explains trade-offs, and shows how to validate the result clearly.

Scenario

Voleon DS tech round: fitting a linear regression to study variable relationships in financial data.

Question

Fit an OLS model with target as dependent variable and all other columns as predictors. Report each beta, interpret their economic meaning, and describe how you would sequentially test the marginal contribution of each feature.

Hints

Use statsmodels OLS, look at summary(), t-stats, adjusted R², and nested F-tests or stepwise.