Line of Best Fit

scombs	Posted 11/5/2007 12:17 PM (#1760) Subject: Line of Best Fit
Math Posts: 104 Location: Henry Clay	This is a FLASH movie that I found that shows the line of best fit for a scatter plot that you create. It is pretty nice. Attachments ---------------- LineOfBestFit.swf (21KB - 510 downloads)
rtallent	Posted 11/5/2007 4:32 PM (#1761 - in reply to #1760) Subject: RE: Line of Best Fit
Math Location: Retired FCPS, Current UK and Transy	I did an activity for line of best fit called "Is it linear or knot". Students started with a piece of rope and tied knots in it. They graphed Number of knots against length of rope then found the equation . It was nice to have data with negative a trend. Email me if you would like a copy of the activity. Also don't forget about the maual fit option on your ti-83/4 calculator. It is like the spaghetti activity with the spaghetti inside your calculator. I have this typed out also. again email if you would like a copy.
mdmdavis	Posted 11/6/2007 1:27 PM (#1762 - in reply to #1760) Subject: RE: Line of Best Fit
Math Posts: 108 Location: Henry Clay	Just wanted to say, I have used Ronni's activity Linear or Know. It is awesome!!
erickenb	Posted 11/11/2007 7:29 PM (#1775 - in reply to #1760) Subject: RE: Line of Best Fit
Math Posts: 25 Location: Bryan Station	That is really nice. I'm going to try this!!
cwaespe	Posted 12/13/2007 4:54 PM (#1866 - in reply to #1760) Subject: RE: Line of Best Fit
Math Posts: 31 Location: Lafayette	Thanks for sharing that, Steve. It's things like this that really help those of us who aren't into the computers as much as some of the rest of you.