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**Why fitting a line? | **Why fitting a line? | ||
**Theoretical | **Theoretical | ||
***Assume gaussian distribution for each <math>y_i</math> with same sigma for all measurements (not necessary, but simplifies it). | |||
***Maximum likelihood...Chi-squared | |||
***Derivative (minimize Chi-squared) / solve | |||
**Practical step by step w/ Excel | **Practical step by step w/ Excel | ||
Revision as of 01:49, 22 October 2007
- Fitting a line
- AKA linear regression; least-squares fit for a line
- Why fitting a line?
- Theoretical
- Assume gaussian distribution for each [math]\displaystyle{ y_i }[/math] with same sigma for all measurements (not necessary, but simplifies it).
- Maximum likelihood...Chi-squared
- Derivative (minimize Chi-squared) / solve
- Practical step by step w/ Excel
