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Virginia Standards of Learning
Secondary
Probability and Statistics
PS.05 The student will find and interpret linear correlation, use the method of least squares regression to model the linear relationship between two variables, and use the residual plots to assess linearity. Appropriate technology will be used to compute correlation coefficients and residual plots.

Activities (1)

Students compare multiple independent variables as predictors of one dependent variable. Students explore correlation and lines of best-fit.

Audiences: Grades 9-12, Undergraduate

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Modeling, Statistics

Related Topics: algebra, cartesian coordinate, coordinate, coordinate plane, coordinate system, data plot, deviations, flyer, functions, graph, linear functions, squares