MATLAB: Using a function that is similar to polyfit but with two linear terms

least-squarelinear regressionoptimazationpolyfit

Hi,
I am looking for a matlab function that is working similar to polyfit, but where I can use two different input function but instead of having just one linear term, I need two. At the moment the regression looks as follows:
y=b0+b1*x+error
and the code to compute R^2 is the following:
x= changePriceWithoutNaN;
y=changeFWithoutNaN;
p = polyfit(x,y,1);
f = polyval(p,x);
plot(x,y,'o',x,f,'-')
yfit = polyval(p,x);
yfit =  p(1) * x + p(2);
yresid = y - yfit;
SSresid = sum(yresid.^2);
SStotal = (length(y)-1) * var(y);
rsq_full = 1 - SSresid/SStotal
Instead of having just one linear term, the term I am looking for is the following:
y=b0+b1*x+b2*z+error
Is there anybody how knows a function that is solving a least squared optimazation in the way to coe above does? Importat is that I do not look for a quadratic solution and therefore from what I can see polyfit(x,y,2) is not an option

Best Answer

Locks, it seems like you are interested in multiple linear regression. If you have the stats toolbox you can use the REGRESS function to do that. If you don't then you can use a simple '\' as follows:
x = dataT(:,2);
%is the implied volatility
y = dataT(:,10);
z = dataT(:,15);
p = [x z ones(length(dataT))]\y
p will have the 3 coeff you desire. We are essentially solving a linear system in a least square sense.
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