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Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Wednesday HW!

Tonight's HW = Exploring Residual Plots!

Please complete the "Intro to Residual Plots" worksheet provided in class!

  • Intro to Residual Plots
  • This assignment will help us to explore how to create residual plots and what they tell us!
    • What is a residual plot?
      • A graph that shows the residuals on our y axis and the x values (or sometimes predicted y values) on our x axis!
    • Question 1/2 (there really isn't a question 1, just use the info in 1 to do 2):
      • Use the equation given and/or the graph shown to find the residual for each point
      • Then, create a residual plot below using these answers to #1:
        • Label your x axis of the residual plot with the same x-values from the scatter plot
        • Plot points to represent each residual
          • Coordinates = (xcoordinate, residual for that point)
    • Question 3:
      • 3a, 3b--you got this
      • 3c--think about what part of the residual plot represents the LSRL and what the residual plot is showing us about the line/points
        • The only bad answer here is a blank paper! Think!
    • Question 4:
      • Now, try to sketch a residual plot without using any numbers based on the scatter plot show...
        • Consider your answer to 3c
        • Consider how your residual plot in #2 compares to the graph in #1
        • Consider what you know about positive and negative residuals--think about how many points should be positive residuals and how many should be negative, as well as if any points should have a residual of 0!

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