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Linear regressions – Sharp EL-9900 User Manual

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Advanced Keyboard/STATISTICS USING THE SHARP EL-9900

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Steps for calculating the best-fitting line

1.

Turn the calculator on and press STAT to enter the statistics menu.

Access the data entry screen by pressing A (EDIT) ENTER .

Delete old data and enter the following data set:

X Y

25

32

28

33

31

27

40

38

29

30

Check the data you have entered and correct any errors you may find.

2.

To find the best-fitting line (regression line) for the data, press STAT

D (REG) 0 2 (Rg_ax+b) and press ENTER .

3.

To overlay the regression line and the scatter diagram for the data, you must

first set up the scatter diagram by pressing STAT PLOT A (PLOT1)

ENTER ENTER

ENTER

▼ 2ndF L1 ENTER 2ndF L2

ENTER STAT PLOT G (S.D.) and 3 (Scattr ).

4.

Display the scatter diagram for the data by pressing WINDOW and setting

Xmin = 20, Xmax = 45, Xscl = 5, Ymin = 25, Ymax = 40, and Yscl = 5. Press

GRAPH to view the scatter diagram.

5.

To view the overlay of the regression line and the scatter diagram, press

Y= CL 2ndF VARS H (STAT) ENTER B (REGEQN) 1 (RegEqn)

GRAPH .

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