Standard Deviation of Unit Weight

S0 
 v 2


0.47
 0.48
mn 42

Where: m is the number of observations and

n is the number of unknowns

Question: What about x-values? Are they

observations?
Fitting a Parabola to a Set of Points

Equation: Ax2 + Bx + C = y

This is still a linear problem in terms of the

unknowns A, B, and C.

Need more than 3 points for a redundant solution.

Example - Parabola
Parabola Fit Solution - 1
Set up matrices for observation equations

0 2 0 1 103.84
 2  105.43
1 1 1  
2 2 2 1 104.77 
L
A 2  102.21
3 3 1  
4 2 4 1  98.43 
 2   
 93.41 
5 5 1
 Parabola Fit Solution - 2
Solve by unweighted least squares solution
1
979 225 55 5354.53   0.813 
x  ( AT A) 1 AT L  225 55 15 1482.37    1.902 
     
 55 15 6   608.09  104.046

 0.206 
  0.295
Compute  
 0.172
residuals V  AX  L  
0.225 
 
 0.216 
 
  0 .180 