TechnologyAssignment:RegressionModel

Inanearliertechnologyassignment,youcreatedascatterplotoftheUSStudenttoTeacherRatiofor
publicschoolsfromthetablebelow.Thescatterplotisshowntotherightofthetable.
Yearsafter
2000

USStudentto
TeacherRatio

16.048

15.893

15.900

15.900

15.800

15.657

15.540

Nowthatwehavethescatterplotofthedata,wewanttofindamodelforthedata.Inthistechnology
assignment,wellinvestigatetwomodels.Thefirstmodelwellfindisalinearmodeloftheform

y mx b .

Afterfindingthelinearmodel,wellfindaquadraticmodeloftheform

y ax 2 bx c

YoullusethestudenttoteacherratiodataforthestateyouhavebeenassignedinProject1.
Tofindthesemodels,wellusethelinearandquadraticregressionfeaturesonyourcalculatorandin
Excel.Inthistechnologyassignmentyoulladdthebestlinefoundthroughlinearregressiontothe
scatterplotyoucreatedinearliertechnologyassignmentsaswellasthebestquadraticfunctionfound
throughquadraticregression.

UseLinearRegressiontoFindtheBestLineonaGraphingCalculator
Inanearliertechnologyassignment,youusedyourcalculatortomakeascatterplotofsomedata.Well
startfromthatscatterplotandaddalineofbestfit.

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1. Pressstoseeyouscatterplot.Ifyourdatadoesnot
appear,refertotheearliertechnologyassignmentsto
recreatethem.

2. LinearregressionisperformedusingtheLinRegcommand
onaTIgraphingcalculator.Startbygettingbacktothe
homescreenbypressingyz.
3. Clearthehomescreenbypressing.
4. Press.

5. Press~tomovetotheCALCmenu.

6. UsetohighlightLinReg(ax+b)andpressor
press.ThispastestheLinRegcommandtothehome
screen.

7. TheLinRegcommandneedstoknowwherethedatais
storedandwheretopastetheequationcorrespondingto
thelinearmodel.Pressyy.ThisplacesL1and
L2separatedbycommasimmediatelyafterthecommand.
Locationofyvalues

Locationofxvalues

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8. Totellthecalculatorwheretopastetheequation,press
~.ThispastesY1attheendofthe
commandmeaningthattheequationwillbepastedintoY1
intheequationeditor.

9. PresstoexecutetheLinRegcommand.Thisscreen
tellsyouthatthebestlinethroughthisdatais
y 0.0748571429 x 16.04428571 .

10. Ifyoudonotseethecorrelationcoefficient(thevalueforr),
pressytoaccessthecalculatorscatalogofcommands.
11. UsethebuttontofindDiagnosticOn.
12. Press.WhenyouusetheLinRegcommand
again(steps6through8),thecorrelationcoefficientwillbe
shown.

13. Pressotoseethecontentsoftheequationeditor.Notice
thatPlot 1ishighlightedindicatingthatyourscatterplot
willappear.Y1istheequationofthebestfitline.

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14. Pressstoseethescatterplotandline.

UseQuadraticRegressiontoFindtheBestParabolaonaGraphingCalculator
Nowletsaddaparabolaofbestfittothescatterplotusingquadraticregression.
1. Pressstoseeyouscatterplot.Hereyouseethe
scatterplotandlinearmodel.

2. QuadraticregressionisperformedusingtheQuadReg
commandonaTIgraphingcalculator.Startbygettingback
tothehomescreenbypressingyz.
3. Clearthehomescreenbypressing.
4. Press.

5. Press~tomovetotheCALCmenu.

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6. UsetohighlightQuadRegandpressorpress.
ThispastestheQuadRegcommandtothehomescreen.

7. TheQuadRegcommandneedstoknowwherethedatais
storedandwheretopastetheequationcorrespondingto
thelinearmodel.Pressyy.ThisplacesL1and
L2separatedbycommasimmediatelyafterthecommand.
Locationofxvalues

Locationofyvalues

8. Totellthecalculatorwheretopastetheequation,press
~.ThispastesY2attheendofthe
commandmeaningthattheequationwillbepastedintoY2
intheequationeditor.

9. PresstoexecutetheQuadRegcommand.Thisscreen
tellsyouthatthebestparabolathroughthisdatais
approximately y 0.009 x 2 0.021x 15.999 .

10. Pressotoseethecontentsoftheequationeditor.Notice
thatPlot 1ishighlightedindicatingthatyourscatterplot
willappear.Y1istheequationofthebestfitlineandY2is
theequationofthebestfitparabola.

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11. Pressstoseethescatterplotandline.

UseLinearRegressiontoFindtheBestLineinExcel
Inanearliertechnologyassignment,youusedExceltomakeascatterplotofsomedata.Wellstartfrom
thatscatterplotandaddalineofbestfitusingExcel.Excelreferstothelineofbestfitfoundthrough
linearregressionasalineartrendline.
1. Opentheworksheetcontainingthescatter
plotandlinefromtheprevioustechnology
assignment.
2. Rightmouseclickononeofthedata
pointsinthescatterplot.Youmayhaveto
rightclickmorethanoncetomakethe
menushowntotherightappear.
3. UseyourmousetoselectAddTrendline

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4. TheFormatTrendlineboxwillappearin
yourworksheet.ClickontheLinearoption
toinsurelinearregressionisperformedon
thedata.
5. Atthebottomoftheworksheet,check
DisplayEquationonchartandDisplayR
squaredvalueonchart.
6. SelectClose.

7. Thelineofbestfitisaddedtothegraphasshownbelow.Youcanuseyourmousetoselectand
dragtheequationsformulatoamoreconvenientlocation.

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8. Noticethatthelineofbestfitstops
abruptlyatx=6.Youcanforcethelineto
extendfartherbyrightmouseclickingon
theline.
9. SelectFormatTrendline.
10. Bydefault,thelineofbestfitisonly
plottedbetweenthelowestandhighestx
values.Youcanextenditforwardor
backwardsfromthedatapointsby
changingthevaluesintheForecastsection
oftheFormatTrendlinebox.Changethe
entrynextto1asshowntotheright.
11. SelectClosetoupdatethegraph.

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Noticethatthelinenowextends1unitbeyondthelastdatapoint.Bymodifyingtheentrynext
toForwardorBackward,youcanmakethelineextendasmanyunitsfromthedataasneeded.
12. SaveyourExcelworksheettoinsureyoudonotlosetheworkyouhavedonesofar.

UseQuadraticRegressiontoFindtheBestParabolainExcel
Inanearliertechnologyassignment,youusedExceltomakeascatterplotofsomedata.Wellstartfrom
thatscatterplotandaddalineofbestfitusingExcel.Excelreferstothelineofbestfitfoundthrough
linearregressionasalineartrendline.
1. Opentheworksheetcontainingthe
scatterplotandlinefromaboveifitis
notalreadyopen.
2. Rightmouseclickononeofthedata
pointsinthescatterplot.Youmayhave
torightclickmorethanoncetomake
themenushowntotherightappear.
3. UseyourmousetoselectAdd
Trendline

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4. TheFormatTrendlineboxwillappearin
yourworksheet.ClickonthePolynomial
option.Theorderofthepolynomialis
thesameasthedegreesomakesure2
ischosen.
5. Atthebottomoftheworksheet,check
DisplayEquationonchartandDisplayR
squaredvalueonchart.
6. SelectClose.

7. Theparabolaofbestfitisaddedtothegraphasshownbelow.Youcanuseyourmousetoselect
anddragtheequationsformulatoamoreconvenientlocation.

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8. Noticethattheparabolaofbestfitstops
abruptlyatx=6.Youcanforcethe
parabolatoextendfartherbyright
mouseclickingontheparabola.
9. SelectFormatTrendline.
10. Bydefault,theparabolaofbestfitis
onlyplottedbetweenthelowestand
highestxvalues.Youcanextendit
forwardorbackwardsfromthedata
pointsbychangingthevaluesinthe
ForecastsectionoftheFormatTrendline
box.Changetheentrynextto1as
showntotheright.
11. SelectClosetoupdatethegraph.

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12. SaveyourExcelworksheettoinsureyoudonotlosetheworkyouhavedonesofar.
13. Tofinishthistechassignment,youneed
tocopyyourgraphfromExceltoword
processingdocumentinWord(ora
similarprogram).Clickontheedgeof
yourgraphtoselectit.
14. OntheHometab,leftclickontheCopy
buttontocopythegraphtothe
clipboard.

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15. OpenWord(oranotherwordprocessing
program).
16. Atthetopofthedocument,typeyour
name,class,andthedatefollowedbya
carriagereturn(Enter).
17. InWord,leftclickontheHometab.
18. SelectPastetopastethegraphintoyour
Worddocument.Yourdocumentshould
looksimilartotheoneshowntothe
right.

19. Finally,youneedtosavethisdocument
toaconvenientlocation.Intheupper
lefthandcornerofWord,leftclickon
thediskicon.
20. Givethedocumentandappropriate
nameandlocationandselectSave.
21. YoucanalsoselecttheOfficebuttonto
theleftofthediskicon.Thisisusefulto
savethedocumentwithanewfile
name.InthiscaseyouwouldselectSave
Asandthengiveanappropriatename.
Ifyouareworkingonadocumentover
severaldays,itisadvisabletosavethe
documentwithaslightlydifferentname
oneachdaybasedonthedate.This
allowsyoutorecoverearlierversionofa
documentincaseyouneedtoreferto
earlierwork.