About the multiple linear regressions applied in studying the solvatochromic effects

Statistical analysis is applied to study the solvatochromic effects using the solvent parameters (regressors) influencing the spectral shifts in the electronic spectra. The data pointed to eliminate the non-significant parameters and the aberrant points (for which supplemental interactions were neglected in used theories) from those supposed to multi-linear regression. A BASIC program permits to follow these desiderates step by step. In order to exemplify the steps of regression, the wavenumbers of the maximum π-π* absorption band of three benzene derivatives in various solvents were used.