Texas Instruments TI-83 Guide Book

12-4 Statistics
8312STAT.DOC TI-83 international English Bob Fedorisko Revised: 02/19/01 12:42 PM Printed: 02/19/01 1:37
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Since the scatter plot of time-versus-length data appears to be approximately
linear, fit a line to the data.
10. Press
… ~
4 to select 4:LinReg(ax+b)
(linear regression model) from the
STAT
CALC
menu. LinReg(ax+b) is pasted to
the home screen.
11. Press
y
[
L1
]
¢ y
[
L2
]
¢
. Press

~
1 to display the
VARS Y
.
VARS
FUNCTION
secondary menu, and then
press
1 to select 1:Y
1
. L
1
, L
2
, and Y
1
are
pasted to the home screen as arguments
to
LinReg(ax+b).
12. Press
Í
to execute LinReg(ax+b). The
linear regression for the data in
L
1
and L
2
is calculated. Values for a and b are
displayed on the home screen. The linear
regression equation is stored in
Y
1
.
Residuals are calculated and stored
automatically in the list name
RESID,
which becomes an item on the
LIST
NAMES
menu.
13. Press
s
. The regression line and the
scatter plot are displayed.

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Programming	TI-BASIC
Processor	Zilog Z80, 6 MHz
Weight	7.4 oz (210 g)
Display	96x64 pixels, monochrome LCD
Power Source	4 AAA batteries, 1 CR1616 or CR1620 for backup
Memory	32 KB RAM
Connectivity	2.5mm I/O port for linking with other TI calculators