Three different concepts are examined about scatter plots. Topics featured are collecting data, analyzing scatter plots, and determining a line of "best fit". The lesson plan has an overview, material, procedures, and evaluation techniques.

Three different concepts are examined about scatter plots. Topics featured are collecting data, analyzing scatter plots, and determining a line of "best fit". The lesson plan has an overview, material, procedures, and evaluation techniques.

Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson has students create data points from given information, plot those points, and then create a line of best fit. This is done in the context of playing blackjack, although the...

Students sketch the line that best approximates the data in a scatter plot. The scatter plot is available in PDF format.

Students sketch the line that best approximates the data in a scatter plot. The scatter plot is available in PDF format.

In this Derive activity, students determine the optimal location for a warehouse so that it is close to the center of a circle that passes through all the outlets of a store in the region.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson covers finding the equation of best fit using a graphing calculator.

Students will understand key concepts of data analysis and their graphic representations. Students will construct and interpret data tables, line plots, box-and-whisker plots and stem-and-leaf plots, scatterplots with line of best fit,...

This applet allows you to plot up to fifty points and it will display a best fit line and give you the slope of that line.

Students compare their own hand/foot span to Shaquille O'Neal's, then graph the data & construct a best-fit line. They can then use the information to investigate the proportionality of the human body.

Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to lines of best fit and their applications. While the extensions delve into correlation, the main lesson focuses only on collecting data, creating a...

Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson has students try to discover if there has been a significant change in cell phone use over the course of ten days. If so, this "change point" can be detected by creating a line of...

This task looks at how long it takes for a laptop battery to fully charge. Students make a scatter plot of data, draw a 'line of best fit,' and predict the time it will take to reach a full charge. Aligns with 8.SP.A.2.

Students are introduced to correlation between two variables and the line of best fit.

This module leads students through the process of graphing data and finding a line of best fit while exploring the characteristics of linear equations in algebraic and graphic formats. Then, these topics are connected to real-world...

In this experiment you will attempt to reproduce Galileo's results using the inclined plane. You will test three hypotheses relating to motion on an incline. You will learn to draw a "best fit" or regression line of experimental data....

Plot a bivariate data set, determine the line of best fit for their data, and then check the accuracy of your line of best fit.

This applet allows you to investigate a regression line, sometimes known as a "line of best fit."

In this activity, students will explore finding the line of best fit based on the sum of the squares of the residuals and determine what the linear regression line is.

Students can use the TI-84 Plus family to enter data, do a scatter plot and find the line of best fit and explain how they could use it to predict future values.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Use linear interpolation, linear extrapolation, and the line of best fit to make predictions about a data set.

The student is given actual data and asked to find a line of best fit and to give "real world" interpretations of the slope and y-intercept. A great introduction to the 83/84 and its features.

Students submit their own data that can be modeled by a linear function. Students find the line of best fit, and discuss graphs of linear functions.

Students compare multiple independent variables as predictors of one dependent variable. Students explore correlation and lines of best-fit.