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A Short-Cut Graphic Method for Fitting the best Straight Line to a Series of Points According to the Criterion of Least Squares
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1957
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EngineeringMeasurementCurve ModelingResidual VariabilityBest Straight LineCalibrationBiostatisticsCurve FittingComputational GeometryApproximation TheoryStatisticsGeometry ProcessingGeometric ModelingGeometric InterpolationGraphic MeasureLeast Squares CriterionLeast SquaresNatural SciencesShort-cut Graphic MethodSpline (Mathematics)
Abstract A simple technique is presented for obtaining without calculation the best fitting line according to the least squares criterion, provided the points are equally spaced horizontally. A graphic measure of residual variability is also derived.