8.1 Regression in the wild.

Regression is used across many domains for prediction and classification, from fantasy football to making club soccer predictions, or even predicting how far a contestant will go on The Bachelor or The Bachelorette.

Club Soccer Predictions on FiveThirtyEight

Using data to predict reality TV outcomes.

In politics, we might use regression to build campaign models– predicting which voters are persuadable, which supporters will volunteer at campaign events, which supporters will turn out to vote, etc.