Texas Instruments TI-84 User Manual

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Chapter 12: Statistics

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The new function y=.192x

.522

appears to fit the data well. To get more information,

examine a residual plot.

25. Press

Í to calculate the power regression.

Values for

a

and

b

are displayed on the home

screen. The power regression equation is stored
in

Y1

. Residuals are calculated and stored

automatically in the list name

RESID

.

26. Press

s. The regression line and the scatter

plot are displayed.

27. Press

o to display the Y= editor.

Press

| Í to deselect

Y1

.

Press

} Í to turn off plot 1. Press ~ Í to

turn on plot 2.

Note:

Step 19 defined plot 2 to plot residuals

(

RESID

) versus string length (

L1

).

28. Press

q

9

to select

9:ZoomStat

from the

ZOOM

menu. The window variables are adjusted
automatically, and plot 2 is displayed. This is a
scatter plot of the residuals.

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