LSP 120 Localized Trendlines

Let’s Interpret This Graph What would a trendline look like?

Let’s Interpret This Graph What would a trendline look like?

Let’s Interpret This Graph But what about this downward trend?

Let’s Interpret This Graph Maybe we should do a trendline for just this downward segment.

Let’s Interpret This Graph Is the Localized Trendline more accurate than the overall trendline?

Watch Out Be careful when using the data sets from the government – they may have to be “cleaned up” first Let’s open the file Table 207 from the QRC website under Files  Additional Directories: 2010 US Statistical Abstract  Education  All Levels of Education  School Enrollments - Table 214.