20,025
edits
Changes
no edit summary
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |This [[Scatter Graph|scatter graph]] shows a straight [[Line of Best Fit|line of best fit]].
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |This [[Scatter Graph|scatter graph]] of [[Extension]] against [[Weight]] results in a straight [[Line of Best Fit|line of best fit]].
|-
|[[File:ScatterGraphCurve.png|center|300px]]
|[[File:ScatterGraphCurve2.png|center|300px]]
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |This [[Scatter Graph|scatter graph]] of [[Image Distance]] against [[Object Distance]] of a [[Lens]] results in a curved [[Line of Best Fit|line of best fit]].
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |This [[Scatter Graph|scatter graph]] showing how [[temperature]] affects [[enzyme]] activity results in a curved [[Line of Best Fit|line of best fit]].
|}
==Key Stage 4==
===Meaning===
A '''line of best fit''' is drawn on a [[Scatter Graph]] to fit the trend.
===About Lines of Best Fit===
: A '''line of best fit''' may be a straight line or a curve depending on how the points are arranged on the [[Scatter Graph]].
===Examples===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|[[File:ScatterGraphVariables.png|center|300px]]
|[[File:ScatterGraphStraight.png|center|300px]]
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |This [[Scatter Graph|scatter graph]] shows a straight [[Line of Best Fit|line of best fit]] that crosses through zero showing the [[variable]]s are [[Directly Proportional|directly proportional]].
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |This [[Scatter Graph|scatter graph]] of [[Extension]] against [[Weight]] results in a straight [[Line of Best Fit|line of best fit]].
|-