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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Help ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@soprano.h.d0816

OpenStudy (soprano.h.d0816):

Sure hun(:

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i need to put a "Line of best fit" in and explain why i put it whee i did

OpenStudy (anonymous):

lluminauty is here

OpenStudy (soprano.h.d0816):

Lol, I don't know this one....

OpenStudy (decarr432):

Uh I am sorry but is this graded?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes why ?

OpenStudy (decarr432):

I am sorry to inform you but here on OS we can not help with graded assignments :(

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Really? woops XD

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i just dont understand the whole line of best fit thing... Can you just explain that ? i dont want the answer i just want to understand the concept

OpenStudy (decarr432):

I can help you understand yes please give me a moment :)

OpenStudy (decarr432):

Is there an actual question or only a graph?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i've had an entire test done for me 0,0

OpenStudy (soprano.h.d0816):

Dang, lol

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thats the graph and it says Draw a line of best fit through your scatter plot then explain how you decided where to place your line of best fit and Describe your reasoning.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

a line of best fit would be that better fits your own samples. in the middle of the purple dots. because the rest are scattered (sample points) and dont give a better idea of the data.

OpenStudy (decarr432):

^^

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so is that good ?

OpenStudy (soprano.h.d0816):

I think it is(:

OpenStudy (decarr432):

Try starting at zero and move through all the dots :)

OpenStudy (soprano.h.d0816):

See, I'm wrong sometimes. Lol

OpenStudy (anonymous):

?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

No. That is wrong! (what you just posted) your first try was better just start from zero

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (decarr432):

Closer try a straight line tho :D

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (decarr432):

Perfect :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yay now for the reaasoning

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it says "Draw a line of best fit through your scatter plot then explain how you decided where to place your line of best fit and describe your reasoning."

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Well for reasoning give the fact how your line is closest to the actual values (the values you took in purple) while the orange ones are scattered and don't give a direct relation between the ages and number of states. I am kind of writing this in very rough words. Hope this helps!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

help with one more question about that graph?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@pingdongoll

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yes,, sure

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Do you see any areas in your data or points that could be considered clusters or outliers? Explain your answer in complete sentences. Just some help understanding and ill write the sentences

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@pingdongoll

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Well clusters are areas in a graph where most of the data is concentrated (lots of vertices near one point) and outliers are the vertices in a graph that stand out exceptionally. So we do have a small cluster at the beginning of our line (2 at 1 point) but since they are outnumbered by the total number of vertices I am not sure it would even be considered a cluster. and an outlier would be the orange vertice (65,50) because it stands out the farthest from the rest of the data. Hope this helps.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

That helped a ton <33 thank you so much <33

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@pingdongoll

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