Learning Exercise

Slope and Y-intercept

This assignment was created by Sue Bertelson of Brookings High School, Brookings, South Dakota.

It introduces students to the concepts of slope and y-intercept of a line, and discusses them in the context of a regression line.

Course: Algebra, Modeling

Material:: The Regression Line
Date last modified:: July 23, 2004
Created by:: Kurt Cogswell
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The Regression Line

This site is part of the NCTM's Student i-Math Investigations website. It introduces the regression line and... see more

Material Type:: Simulation
Author:: NCTM

Exercise

Disciplines

Audience

Requirements

Students should have been introduced to plotting data points and linear equations.

Topics

slope, y-intercept, regression line

Type of Task

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.