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Graphing and curve fitting. Physics 270. Graphing. y ( x ) Data Set #1. Graphing. What about error bars?. Graphing. Data Set #2. Graphing. Linear Regression Analysis AKA Linear Least Squares analysis. Simple linear regression describes the linear relationship between a predictor
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Graphing and curve fitting Physics 270
Graphing • y(x) Data Set #1
Graphing What about error bars?
Graphing • Data Set #2
Linear Regression AnalysisAKA Linear Least Squares analysis Simple linear regression describes the linear relationship between a predictor variable, plotted on the x-axis, and a response variable, plotted on the y-axis dependent Variable (Y) Independent Variable (X)
Linear Regression AnalysisAKA Linear Least Squares analysis Y 1.0 X
The best linear approximation involves finding values of a0 and a1 to minimize Absolute Deviation
Example from Literature Barbara S. Andereck Am. J. Phys. 67, 528 (June 1999).