Prova
Inicialmente, precisamos reescrever a expressão do valor estimado pela Regressão Linear:




![{\displaystyle =[A.(x_{1}-{\overline {x}})+{\overline {y}}-y_{1}]^{2}+\cdots +[A.(x_{n}-{\overline {x}})+{\overline {y}}-y_{n}]^{2}}](./_assets_/eb734a37dd21ce173a46342d1cc64c92/2fb6af4b73c5855632eb93688d20b828702fac17.svg)
![{\displaystyle =[A.(x_{1}-{\overline {x}})+({\overline {y}}-y_{1})]^{2}+\cdots +[A.(x_{n}-{\overline {x}})+({\overline {y}}-y_{n})]^{2}}](./_assets_/eb734a37dd21ce173a46342d1cc64c92/6055281ac885c4e6e940a3cdd26a3078a83e0c5d.svg)







![{\displaystyle =n.[A^{2}.({\overline {x^{2}}}-{\overline {x}}^{2})+2A.({\overline {x}}.{\overline {y}}-{\overline {xy}})+{\overline {y^{2}}}-{\overline {y}}^{2}]}](./_assets_/eb734a37dd21ce173a46342d1cc64c92/9b0c9b4352d2d1dc325b05fa3e4b0bb686cf7827.svg)
![{\displaystyle =n.\left[\left({\dfrac {{\overline {x}}.{\overline {y}}-{\overline {xy}}}{{\overline {x}}^{2}-{\overline {x^{2}}}}}\right)^{2}.({\overline {x^{2}}}-{\overline {x}}^{2})+2.{\dfrac {{\overline {x}}.{\overline {y}}-{\overline {xy}}}{{\overline {x}}^{2}-{\overline {x^{2}}}}}.({\overline {x}}.{\overline {y}}-{\overline {xy}})\right]+n.({\overline {y^{2}}}-{\overline {y}}^{2})}](./_assets_/eb734a37dd21ce173a46342d1cc64c92/8f04b7477694c057eea414fc9ab1d0396fa73e38.svg)
![{\displaystyle =n.\left[{\dfrac {({\overline {x}}.{\overline {y}}-{\overline {xy}})^{2}.-({\overline {x}}^{2}-{\overline {x^{2}}})}{({\overline {x}}^{2}-{\overline {x^{2}}})^{2}}}+2.{\dfrac {({\overline {x}}.{\overline {y}}-{\overline {xy}})^{2}}{{\overline {x}}^{2}-{\overline {x^{2}}}}}\right]+SQ_{\text{tot}}}](./_assets_/eb734a37dd21ce173a46342d1cc64c92/6b848222af5356060caef0d3ff0aa273691c8667.svg)
![{\displaystyle =n.\left[{\dfrac {-({\overline {x}}.{\overline {y}}-{\overline {xy}})^{2}}{{\overline {x}}^{2}-{\overline {x^{2}}}}}+2.{\dfrac {({\overline {x}}.{\overline {y}}-{\overline {xy}})^{2}}{{\overline {x}}^{2}-{\overline {x^{2}}}}}\right]+SQ_{\text{tot}}}](./_assets_/eb734a37dd21ce173a46342d1cc64c92/ff412dc87b8e6b15e297a8881a9f83d10e313503.svg)

Teorema 3: 
Prova: ![{\displaystyle R^{2}=1-{\dfrac {SQ_{res}}{SQ_{\text{tot}}}}={\dfrac {SQ_{\text{tot}}}{SQ_{\text{tot}}}}-{\dfrac {SQ_{res}}{SQ_{\text{tot}}}}={\dfrac {SQ_{\text{tot}}-SQ_{res}}{SQ_{\text{tot}}}}={\dfrac {SQ_{\text{tot}}-\left[n.{\dfrac {({\overline {x}}.{\overline {y}}-{\overline {xy}})^{2}}{{\overline {x}}^{2}-{\overline {x^{2}}}}}+SQ_{\text{tot}}\right]}{SQ_{\text{tot}}}}}](./_assets_/eb734a37dd21ce173a46342d1cc64c92/3eaa1d21e624bdc42d43785acf806dba0ab57c3d.svg)

Teorema 4: (Coeficiente de Correlação)² = Coeficiente de Determinação
Prova: Coeficiente de Correlação = 
Para elevá-lo ao quadrado, façamos separadamente numerador e denominador:
Quadrado do numerador: ![{\displaystyle [\ \sum {(x-{\overline {x}}).(y-{\overline {y}})}\ ]^{2}}](./_assets_/eb734a37dd21ce173a46342d1cc64c92/0135790cedd0a168a1643fbbf57dcb184ef0f63b.svg)
![{\displaystyle =[\ \sum {(x.y-x.{\overline {y}}-{\overline {x}}.y+{\overline {x}}.{\overline {y}})}\ ]^{2}}](./_assets_/eb734a37dd21ce173a46342d1cc64c92/4e1b2f3c6ac183be010249635548ba1c66f21c30.svg)
![{\displaystyle =[\ (x_{1}.y_{1}-x_{1}.{\overline {y}}-{\overline {x}}.y_{1}+{\overline {x}}.{\overline {y}})+\cdots +(x_{n}.y_{n}-x_{n}.{\overline {y}}-{\overline {x}}.y_{n}+{\overline {x}}.{\overline {y}})\ ]^{2}}](./_assets_/eb734a37dd21ce173a46342d1cc64c92/2794ae9970666f59f8f0ef931ae402593decc299.svg)
![{\displaystyle =[\ (\sum {x.y})-{\overline {y}}.(\sum {x})-{\overline {x}}.(\sum {y})+n.{\overline {x}}.{\overline {y}}\ ]^{2}}](./_assets_/eb734a37dd21ce173a46342d1cc64c92/4adafd2183413c0c16937ff880fb7a45ec739c89.svg)
![{\displaystyle =[\ (n.{\overline {x.y}})-{\overline {y}}.(n.{\overline {x}})-{\overline {x}}.(n.{\overline {y}})+n.{\overline {x}}.{\overline {y}}\ ]^{2}}](./_assets_/eb734a37dd21ce173a46342d1cc64c92/d7ef7ffc3f13a471fa323f0ae605b82946fb68b1.svg)
![{\displaystyle =[\ n.({\overline {x.y}}-{\overline {x}}.{\overline {y}})\ ]^{2}}](./_assets_/eb734a37dd21ce173a46342d1cc64c92/036eca152cbeb89b79282e34ebe722e6610d3552.svg)

Agora, façamos o quadrado do denominador:
![{\displaystyle [\ {\sqrt {\sum {(x-{\overline {x}})^{2}}}}.{\sqrt {\sum {(y-{\overline {y}})^{2}}}}\ ]^{2}}](./_assets_/eb734a37dd21ce173a46342d1cc64c92/35a258a742c6c2754ebb2cdad145eb22c161d11c.svg)
![{\displaystyle =[\ \sum {(x-{\overline {x}})^{2}}\ ].[\ \sum {(y-{\overline {y}})^{2}}\ ]}](./_assets_/eb734a37dd21ce173a46342d1cc64c92/eea7a313c5939f2a93a8845d3604f540b8b512ee.svg)
![{\displaystyle =[\ \sum {(x^{2}-2.x.{\overline {x}}+{\overline {x}}^{2})}\ ].[\ \sum {(y^{2}-2.y.{\overline {y}}+{\overline {y}}^{2})}\ ]}](./_assets_/eb734a37dd21ce173a46342d1cc64c92/2416484acb189930781758d1895bf9002c51d9ac.svg)
![{\displaystyle =[\ (\sum {x^{2}})-2.{\overline {x}}.(\sum {x})+n.{\overline {x}}^{2}\ ].[\ (\sum {y^{2}})-2.{\overline {y}}.(\sum {y})+n.{\overline {y}}^{2}\ ]}](./_assets_/eb734a37dd21ce173a46342d1cc64c92/c618d2709bc199110e896392db2561c1cf1f8cf5.svg)
![{\displaystyle =[\ (n.{\overline {x^{2}}})-2.{\overline {x}}.(n.{\overline {x}})+n.{\overline {x}}^{2}\ ].[\ (n.{\overline {y^{2}}})-2.{\overline {y}}.(n.{\overline {y}})+n.{\overline {y}}^{2}\ ]}](./_assets_/eb734a37dd21ce173a46342d1cc64c92/d8368951821adec3eb8812a9f112549d414679b8.svg)

![{\displaystyle =[\ n.({\overline {x^{2}}}-{\overline {x}}^{2})\ ].[\ n.({\overline {y^{2}}}-{\overline {y}}^{2})\ ]}](./_assets_/eb734a37dd21ce173a46342d1cc64c92/da7a3bee67709f7033780c7e4c5319d4bb76ca58.svg)

Juntando, temos:
(Coeficiente de Correlação)² = 
= Coeficiente de Determinação (R²) c.q.d.