In this lesson, you learned how to:
- Write linear models by hand from tables and graphs.
- Describe the rate of change and -intercept for a linear model in everyday language.
- Use technology to find the line of best fit.
Here are the activities that helped you reach those goals:
- 3.2.1: Selecting the Best Line
- In this activity, you visually assessed the best line fit for data among a set of given choices. You explored bad fit, good fit, and best fit.
- 3.2.2: Determining the Best Line That Fits the Data
- In this activity, you distinguished between linear and nonlinear relationships in bivariate, numerical data and informally assessed the fit of a linear model. You also compared the slope and the vertical intercepts of different linear models and were able to describe the relationship between
- 3.2.2: Self Check
- 3.2.2: Additional Resources
- 3.2.3: Writing Linear Models without Technology
- 3.2.3: Self Check
- 3.2.3: Additional Resources
- 3.2.4: Assessing the Fit of a Linear Model
- In this activity, you used technology to compute a line of best fit for data given in a table and to recognize the meaning of the slope and -intercept.
- 3.2.4: Self Check
- 3.2.4: Additional Resources
- 3.2.5: Working with Fitted Lines
- In this activity, you had an opportunity to work with fitted lines. You identified scatter plots that showed data that would best be modeled with a linear function and the line of best fit for the data provided.
After these activities, you completed the following practice:
- 3.2.6: Practice
Checking In
On a scale of 1 to 5, how confident do you feel about the learning goals of this lesson?
Nice reflection! You learn more when you take the time to reflect on your thinking.