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Reply to Visualizing Statistical Concepts: Response from the JCE WebWare Feature Editor

William F. Coleman

Department of Chemistry, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 02481

J. Chem. Educ., 2008, 85 (5), p 637

DOI: 10.1021/ed085p637

Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2008

Abstract

While certainly containing accurate descriptions of least-squares analysis, de Levie's letter misses the point of the visualization, which is to see how minimizing the sum of the squares of the deviations leads to the best least-squares line.

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Statistical Mechanics

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