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  2. Curve fitting - Wikipedia

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    Curve fitting[1][2] is the process of constructing a curve, or mathematical function, that has the best fit to a series of data points, [3] possibly subject to constraints. [4][5] Curve fitting can involve either interpolation, [6][7] where an exact fit to the data is required, or smoothing, [8][9] in which a "smooth" function is constructed ...

  3. Least squares - Wikipedia

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    The result of fitting a set of data points with a quadratic function Conic fitting a set of points using least-squares approximation. The method of least squares is a parameter estimation method in regression analysis based on minimizing the sum of the squares of the residuals (a residual being the difference between an observed value and the fitted value provided by a model) made in the ...

  4. Line fitting - Wikipedia

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    Line fitting is the process of constructing a straight line that has the best fit to a series of data points. Several methods exist, considering: Perpendicular distance: Orthogonal regression (this is not scale-invariant i.e. changing the measurement units leads to a different line.) Scale invariant approach: Major axis regression This allows ...

  5. Deming regression - Wikipedia

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    In statistics, Deming regression, named after W. Edwards Deming, is an errors-in-variables model that tries to find the line of best fit for a two-dimensional data set. It differs from the simple linear regression in that it accounts for errors in observations on both the x - and the y - axis. It is a special case of total least squares, which ...

  6. Linear regression - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In statistics, linear regression is a statistical model which estimates the linear relationship between a scalar response (dependent variable) and one or more explanatory variables (regressor or independent variable). The case of one explanatory variable is called simple linear regression; for more than one, the process is called multiple ...

  7. Bivariate analysis - Wikipedia

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    The best-fitting linear equation is often represented as a straight line to minimize the difference between the predicted values from the equation and the actual observed values of the dependent variable. Schematic of a scatterplot with simple line regression. Equation: = +: independent variable (predictor)

  8. Arrhenius plot - Wikipedia

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    Arrhenius plot. In chemical kinetics, an Arrhenius plot displays the logarithm of a reaction rate constant, ( , ordinate axis) plotted against reciprocal of the temperature ( , abscissa). [1] Arrhenius plots are often used to analyze the effect of temperature on the rates of chemical reactions. For a single rate-limited thermally activated ...

  9. Linear interpolation - Wikipedia

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    Given the two red points, the blue line is the linear interpolant between the points, and the value y at x may be found by linear interpolation.. In mathematics, linear interpolation is a method of curve fitting using linear polynomials to construct new data points within the range of a discrete set of known data points.