Investigate patterns of association in bivariate data. Know that straight lines are widely used to model relationships between two quantitative variables. For scatter plots that suggest a linear association, informally fit a straight line, and informally assess the model fit by judging the closeness of the data points to the line.
Resource we found that are aligned to this standard
Given a random assortment of points, find the best fit line for them.
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Fitting a Line to Data
We’ve updated this activity and thought that we should mention it again as we approach the Academy Awards. In this <a href="http://www.yummymath.com/wp-content/uploads/movie-ticket-prices-over-time...
First ask students to look at the <a href="http://www.yummymath.com/2013/do-teams-that-spend-a-lot-win-a-lot/" target="_blank">table (on the lessons's original website)</a>. What do you notice? Wh...