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What is an objective function?

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One that provides a quantitative assessment of how well the curve fits the data.

 

 

What method of curve fitting is used by polyfit?

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Linear regression.

 

 

What does curve fitting do?

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Relates an independent variable to an estimated value of a dependent variable.

 

 

What is the coefficient of determination?

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Coefficient of determination, R^2, is equal to 1 – (estimated error)/(variance of the actual data)