The students are asked to create a scatter plot of Bennie's height, determine an equation of best fit, calculate residuals and create a residual plot. The students are then asked to use the residual plot to determine if a linear model is the best predictor of the data.
General Information
Subject(s): Dance, Mathematics
Grade Level(s): K, 9
Intended Audience:
Educators
Suggested Technology:
Document Camera, Graphing Calculators, Computers for Students
Instructional Time:
1 Hour(s) 30 Minute(s)
Keywords: residual, residual plot, line of best fit, scatterplot, linear relationship
Resource Collection:
FCR-STEMLearn Algebra