Degrees of freedom in a linear regression

Degrees of freedom in a linear regression

by Kristen -
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Using "regress chronicity age" as an example: 

The total variance has N-1 degrees of freedom.  In this case, there were N=401 study participants, so the total DF for is 400.  

The model degrees of freedom corresponds to the number of predictors + the intercept minus 1 (K-1).  Including the intercept, there are 2 predictors, so the model has 2-1=1 degrees of freedom.  

The residual degrees of freedom is the DF total minus the DF model, 400 – 1 is 399. 



**When displaying the exact p-value using the ttail function you would use the total DF (400) - NOT -  the model DF (1) like I mistakingly did during lecture yesterday.