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EDUCATION QUEENSLAND

This site has a step by step guide to an example using a Texas Instruments Calculator at Using Statistics in Human Movements.
An applet to see affect on the regression line of adding single a point to data at Linear Regression Java Applet.

The site also has more data sets to use for practice.

exploringdata
ATOMIC LEARNING

Topic C, working with lists, shows how to work with data and find regressions on a TI-83, or TI-84 calculator.

atomiclearning

 XURU'S WEBSITE

This site has applets that can generate linear and quadratic regressions.  (Use polynomial tool with degree 2 for a quadratic regression).  You can use it in place of your calculator.

xuru
NCTM ILLUMINATIONS

This website allows you to add data and see the effect on a regression line.  You can also enter your own data after setting an appropriate range.
The applet is toward the middle of the page
nctm illuminations
YOUTUBE

Here are some videos showing students and teachers using their calculators to solve regression problems.
youtube   (Data from Michael Jordan's average scoring)

Another link from youtube
(Fake data about tooth decay at a high school.  Whimsical presentation style- warning- some pictures of poor dental hygiene are explicit.)

 

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