Teaching Statistics · 2011 · 12 citations · 1 references
Mathematics EducationPresent ThreeMeasurementStudent LearningStudent ViewsEducational PsychologyStudent SuccessEducationRegression AnalysisLearning AnalyticsLeast Squares MethodCurve FittingStudent OutcomeStudent AttemptsHigher EducationStatistics
Summary The least squares method of fitting a line is not one that naturally occurs to students. We present three tasks to understand student views on how lines may be fit.
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