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Section 2.6 – Draw Scatter Plots and Best Fitting Lines

Section 2.6 – Draw Scatter Plots and Best Fitting Lines. A scatterplot is a graph of a set of data pairs

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Section 2.6 – Draw Scatter Plots and Best Fitting Lines

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  1. Section 2.6 – Draw Scatter Plots and Best Fitting Lines A scatterplot is a graph of a set of data pairs (x, y). If y tends to increase as x increases, then the data have a positive correlation. If y tends to decrease as x increases, then the data have a negative correlation. If the points show no obvious pattern, then the data have approximately no correlation.

  2. Section 2.6 – Draw Scatter Plots and Best Fitting Lines Example 1:

  3. Section 2.6 – Draw Scatter Plots and Best Fitting Lines A correlation coefficient, denoted r, is a number from -1 to 1 that measures how well a line fits a set of data pairs (x,y). If r is near 1, the points lie close to a line with positive slope. If r is near -1, the points lie close to a line with negative slope. If r is near 0, the points do not lie close to any line.

  4. Section 2.6 – Draw Scatter Plots and Best Fitting Lines Example 2:

  5. Section 2.6 – Draw Scatter Plots and Best Fitting Lines If the correlation coefficient for a set of data is near positive or negative 1, the data can be reasonably modeled by a line. The best fitting line is the line that lies as close as possible to all the data points. You can approximate a best-fitting line by graphing.

  6. Section 2.6 – Draw Scatter Plots and Best Fitting Lines

  7. Section 2.6 – Draw Scatter Plots and Best Fitting Lines Example 3: Use the equation of the line of fit from above to predict the number of alternative-fueled vehicles in use in the US in 2010.

  8. Section 2.6 – Draw Scatter Plots and Best Fitting Lines Example 4: Use the linear regression feature on a graphing calculator to find an equation of the best-fitting line for the data in Example 3.

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