File:Least Squares.gif

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English: What is the best fit?
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Video demonstrating changes in sums of squares as alternative slopes are considered. The starting and optimal slope is the regression line, which minimizes the sum of squares of the distances of the observed data from the regression line.

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5 December 2014

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current04:35, 7 December 2014Thumbnail for version as of 04:35, 7 December 2014291 × 254 (512 KB)Stephen1729Which Line is Best? (File Upload Wizard)
03:10, 7 December 2014Thumbnail for version as of 03:10, 7 December 2014291 × 254 (477 KB)Stephen1729Uploading a self-made file using File Upload Wizard
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