EAS 199A Lecture 13:     7,8 November 2011

13. Introduction to Linear Regression and Desktop fan fabrication

Class meeting on 7,8 November 2011

Learning Objectives

1. Be able to manually calculate the slope and intercept for a least squares line fit to data
2. Be able to complete the fabrication of the desktop fan

Notes and Supplemental Files

1. Linear Regression: PDF slides and 2-up notes
2. Spreadsheet example of manual linear regression (xlsx)
3. Print out of the spreadsheet example of manual linear regression (PDF)
4. Screencast of linear regression with Excel: see "Basic Line Fit -- 'manual' calculations with Excel"

Solutions to the Midterm Exam: Monday-Wednesday edition

Solutions to problems 1 through 20 are posted as videos on YouTube

• Problems 1 through 8
• Problems 9 through 11
• Problems 12 through 15
• Problems 16 through 19
• Problem 20

Solutions to the Midterm Exam: Tuesday-Thursday edition

Solutions to problems 1 through 20 are posted as videos on YouTube

• Problems 1 through 8
• Problems 9 and 10
• Problems 11 through 14
• Problems 15 through 17
• Problems 18 and 19
• Problem 20

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