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What is the correlation on a graph?
a correlation on a graph is when the line of best fit is positive, negative or none.
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
How do you find a line of best fit from scatter plot?
The line of best fit is simply the line that shows the general direction of the graph. The trick is to make the line go through as many points on the graph as possible. Some scatter plots have no line of best fit.
Does the line of best fit have to be straight?
Not necessarily. Often it is, but the line of best fit is simply an equation that closely matches the results. Therefore any line could be a line of best fit, linear, quadradic, or even cubic! The sky (and the results) are the limit.
What are the points that don't follow the line of best fit called?
Data points that are not close to the line of best fit are called outliers.
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