In the scenario below define the dependent and independent variables Linear regressions can be used in business to evaluate trends and make estimates or forecasts. For example, if a company's sales have increased steadily every month for the past few years, by conducting a linear analysis of the sales data with monthly sales, the company could forecast sales in the coming months. An important use of linear regression is prediction. For example, suppose a realtor has access to a dataset that gives the size of houses in a neighborhood, in square meters, along with their prices. Linear regression could be applied to this dataset to model the relationship between house size and price