Choose fit and data columns

Explore statistics

4.Select a fit in the Symbolic setup view.

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Select Linear

You can create up to five explorations of two-variable data, named S1 to S5. In this example, we will create just one: S1.

5.Specify the columns that hold the data you want to analyze.

You could have entered your data into columns other than C1 and C2.

6.Find the mean advertising time (MEANX) and the mean sales (MEANY).

MEANX is 3.3 minutes and MEANY is about $1796.

7.Scroll down to display the value for the correlation coefficient (CORR). The CORR value indicates how well the linear model fits the data.

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The value is .8995.

Statistics aplet

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