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Advanced Keyboard/STATISTICS USING THE SHARP EL-9900
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Steps for calculating the best-fitting line 
1. Turn the calculator on and press  STAT  to enter the statistics menu.  
Access the data entry screen by pressing  A (EDIT) ENTER  . 
Delete old data and enter the following data set:
 X     Y 
25 32
28 33
31 27
40 38
29 30
Check the data you have entered and correct any errors you may find.
2. To find the best-fitting line (regression line) for the data, press          STAT   
D (REG) 0   2  (Rg_ax+b) and press  ENTER  .
3. To overlay the regression line and the scatter diagram for the data, you must 
first set up the scatter diagram by pressing   STAT PLOT   A (PLOT1)
ENTER    ENTER   ▼ ENTER   ▼ 2ndF   L1 ENTER   2ndF   L2    
ENTER    STAT PLOT   G  (S.D.) and 3  (Scattr ).
4. Display the scatter diagram for the data by pressing   WINDOW   and setting 
Xmin = 20, Xmax = 45, Xscl = 5, Ymin = 25, Ymax = 40, and Yscl = 5.  Press     
GRAPH   to view the scatter diagram.
5. To view the overlay of the regression line and the scatter diagram, press    
Y=    CL    2ndF   VARS    H (STAT) ENTER   B (REGEQN) 1 (RegEqn)
GRAPH  .
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