Spreadsheets, Graphing Calculators and the Line of Best Fit

dc.creator	O'Sullivan, B.
dc.date	2003-07-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:21:22Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:21:22Z
dc.identifier	1448-6156
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/8fbde1f90cbf4aedbed233ef11f6f6cd
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/28886
dc.description	One technique that can now be done, almost mindlessly, is the âline of best fitâ. Both the graphing calculator and the Excel spreadsheet produce models for collected data that appear to be very good fits, but upon closer scrutiny, are revealed to be quite poor. This article will examine one such case.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Faculty of Information Technology, Bond University, Australi
dc.relation	http://www.sie.bond.edu.au/classroom/LineofBestFit.doc
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1448-6156
dc.source	Spreadsheets in Education, Vol 1, Iss 1 (2003)
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Spreadsheets, Graphing Calculators and the Line of Best Fit
dc.type	article