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What is curve fitting primarily used for?

Finding patterns & making predictions

What does the line of best fit minimise?

Distance between itself and all points

Which technique is more reliable for predictions?

Interpolation

Interpolation predicts values that fall where?

Within the range of available data

In the equation y^=a+bx\hat{y} = a + bx, what does aa represent?

The y-intercept

How is the y-intercept aa calculated using means?

a=yˉ−bxˉa = \bar{y} - b\bar{x}

What is the range of the correlation coefficient rr?

r∈[−1,1]r \in [-1, 1]

What does a correlation coefficient close to 0 indicate?

Weak correlation

What value of rr represents perfect positive correlation?

r=1r = 1

What important principle relates correlation and causation?

Correlation does not imply causation

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