Finding the Line of Best Fit

Fitting Linear Models to Data

Learning Objectives

In this section, you will:

  • Draw and interpret scatter diagrams.
  • Use a graphing utility to find the line of best fit.
  • Distinguish between linear and nonlinear relations.
  • Fit a regression line to a set of data and use the linear model to make predictions.

A professor is attempting to identify trends among final exam scores. His class has a mixture of students, so he wonders if there is any relationship between age and final exam scores. One way for him to analyze the scores is by creating a diagram that relates the age of each student to the exam score received. In this section, we will examine one such diagram known as a scatter plot.



Source: Rice University, https://openstax.org/books/college-algebra/pages/4-3-fitting-linear-models-to-data
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