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2.3 Least-Squares Regression

How to draw a line through a Scatterplot

  • Regression Lines
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  • Error aka Residual
  • Why Regression Lines?  I can read a Scatterplot?!
  • Quick Example
  • Extrapolation
  • Defn:  Extrapolation
  • Lines:  A quick Review
  • Example
  • Drawing Regression Lines
  • Least-Squares Regression Line
  • Whew!  Technology is a Good Thing
  • Equation of Least-Squares Regression Line
  • Comments about Regression Lines
  • Fat Consumption and Cancer
  • Example Continued
  • Ex: Continued
  • Correlation and Regression
  • Equation of Least-Squares Regression Line
  • Properties of the Regression Line
  • r2
  • Interpreting r2

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