What is a line of best fit?
Line of best Fit

Flashcard
•
Mathematics
•
8th Grade
•
Hard
Quizizz Content
FREE Resource
Student preview

15 questions
Show all answers
1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Back
A line of best fit is a straight line that best represents the data on a scatter plot. It shows the general direction of the data points.
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
How do you determine the line of best fit?
Back
The line of best fit can be determined using methods such as least squares regression, which minimizes the distance between the data points and the line.
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What does a positive association in a graph indicate?
Back
A positive association indicates that as one variable increases, the other variable also increases.
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What does a negative association in a graph indicate?
Back
A negative association indicates that as one variable increases, the other variable decreases.
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What does 'no correlation' mean in a scatter plot?
Back
'No correlation' means there is no apparent relationship between the two variables; changes in one do not affect the other.
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What is the equation of a line in slope-intercept form?
Back
7.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What is the slope of a line?
Back
The slope of a line measures the steepness and direction of the line, calculated as the change in y over the change in x (rise over run).
Create a free account and access millions of resources
Similar Resources on Quizizz
10 questions
Scatter Plots Checkup

Flashcard
•
8th Grade
12 questions
Line of Best Fit and Scatter Plots

Flashcard
•
7th Grade
10 questions
Bivariate Data Vocab

Flashcard
•
8th Grade
14 questions
Interpreting and making predictions with Scatter Plots

Flashcard
•
8th Grade
15 questions
Line of best fit - scatter plots

Flashcard
•
8th Grade
10 questions
Coorellation line of best fit

Flashcard
•
9th Grade
11 questions
Line of Best Fit

Flashcard
•
8th Grade
14 questions
Analyzing Linear Relationships in Scatterplots

Flashcard
•
8th Grade
Popular Resources on Quizizz
15 questions
Multiplication Facts

Quiz
•
4th Grade
25 questions
SS Combined Advisory Quiz

Quiz
•
6th - 8th Grade
40 questions
Week 4 Student In Class Practice Set

Quiz
•
9th - 12th Grade
40 questions
SOL: ILE DNA Tech, Gen, Evol 2025

Quiz
•
9th - 12th Grade
20 questions
NC Universities (R2H)

Quiz
•
9th - 12th Grade
15 questions
June Review Quiz

Quiz
•
Professional Development
20 questions
Congruent and Similar Triangles

Quiz
•
8th Grade
25 questions
Triangle Inequalities

Quiz
•
10th - 12th Grade