Using Logarithms to Transform Data If a scatterplot reveals a nonlinear (not a straight line) pattern that

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Using Logarithms to Transform Data If a scatterplot reveals a nonlinear (not a straight line) pattern that you recognize as another type of curve, you may be able to apply the methods of this section. For the data given in the margin, find the linear equation (y 5 b0 1 b1x) that best fits the sample data, and find the logarithmic equa tion (y 5 a 1 b ln x) that best fits the sample data. (Hint: Begin by replacing each x-value with ln x.) Which of these two equations fits the data better? Why?

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Elementary Statistics

ISBN: 9780201775709

9th Edition

Authors: Mario F. Triola

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