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Fitting a straight line to data

Watch Ethan Carragher explain how linear regression works and the importance of finding the line of best fit when making predictions.

After watching this video you should now understand how linear regression works and the importance of finding the line of best fit when making predictions.

How would you describe the line of best fit? Why is it important?

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