Line of Best Fit
Age (months) Height (inches) Work with your group to make a prediction for the height at: 21 months 28 months 20 years
Line of Best Fit Definition - A Line of Best is a straight line on a Scatterplot that comes closest to all of the dots on the graph. A Line of Best Fit does not touch all of the dots. A Line of Best Fit is useful because it allows us to: –Understand the type and strength of the relationship between two sets of data –Predict missing Y values for given X values, or missing X values for given Y values
Equation For Line of Best Fit y = x X (months)FormulaY (inches) (21) (28) (240)
Predicting Data with Scatterplots Interpretation - Making a prediction for an unknown Y value based on a given X value within a range of known data Extrapolation - Making a prediction for an unknown Y value based on a given X value outside of a range of known data More accurate: Interpretation Less accurate: Extrapolation