Understanding Basic Statistics
Understanding Basic Statistics
8th Edition
ISBN: 9781337558075
Author: Charles Henry Brase, Corrinne Pellillo Brase
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Terminology Suppose we have a set of ordered pairs (x, y). If we use a least-squares line to predict y values for x values beyond the observed x values in the data set, are we using extrapolation or interpolation?

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Understanding Basic Statistics

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