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Material:
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Least Squares
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| Submitted by: |
Kurt Cogswell on Jul 23, 2004 |
| Date Last Modified: |
Jul 23, 2004 |
| Title: |
Slope and Y-intercept |
| Description: |
This assignment was created by Sue Bertelson of Brookings High School, Brookings, South Dakota. It demonstrates the relations of the least squares procedure to the regression line associated with a set of data points. |
| Type of Task: |
Individual,
Student-centered,
Supplemental activity,
Team,
Unsupervised
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| Topics: |
Least squares, regression line, slope, y-intercept |
| Course: |
Algebra, Modeling |
| Audience: |
College General Ed,
High School
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| Prerequisites Skills: |
Linear equations |
| Learning Objectives: |
Students will plot data points. Students will interpret the positive slope of a line as a rate of change. Students will interpret the meaning of a line in the context of real life data. Students will be introduced to the least square regression line. |
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