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What does a best-fit line on a graph show us?
a line of best fit emphasizes the overall trend shown by all the data taken as a whole :DDD
A line on a scatter plot that helps show the correlation between data sets more clearly?
A line of best fit or a trend line.
Is the best fit line the same as the line of best fit?
Yes but phrased differently
What is a line that is not a line but is almost a line?
A line of best-fit.
Why does best fit line does not touch all data points?
Because the "best fit" line is usually required to be a straight line, but the data points are not all on one straight line. (If they were, then the best-fit line would be a real no-brainer.)
What does a best-fit line on a graph show us?
a line of best fit emphasizes the overall trend shown by all the data taken as a whole :DDD
A line on a scatter plot that helps show the correlation between data sets more clearly?
A line of best fit or a trend line.
Why is it preferable to draw a line of best fit rather than to connect the dots?
show a trend
Why does the line of best fit have to start from 0?
The line of best fit does not have to start from 0.
Is the best fit line the same as the line of best fit?
Yes but phrased differently
What is a line of best fit on a line graph?
The line that minimized the sum of the squares of the diffences of each point from the line is the line of best fit.
What is a line that is not a line but is almost a line?
A line of best-fit.
Why does best fit line does not touch all data points?
Because the "best fit" line is usually required to be a straight line, but the data points are not all on one straight line. (If they were, then the best-fit line would be a real no-brainer.)
What is the difference between a trend line and a line of best fit and how are they useful in analyzing data?
What is the difference between a trend line and a line of best fit
Why is a best fit line used?
The line of best fit is the best possible answer you can get from raw data. They also can be used to make predictions.
Does the line of best fit have to start from the origin?
The line of best fit does not have to pass through the 0 (origin) and rarely does
What is the process of finding line of best fit called?
Finding the line of best fit is called linear regression.
