Understanding Student Attempts to Find a Line of Fit

Authors: 
M. Alejandra Sorto, Alexander White and Lawrence M. Lesser
Type: 
Journal Article
Volume: 
33(2)
Pages: 
online
Year: 
2011
Publisher: 
Teaching Statistics
URL: 
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9639.2010.00458.x/abstract
Abstract: 

The least squares method of fitting a line is not one that naturally occurs to students. We present three tasks to understand student views on how lines may be fit.

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