Curve Fitting Methods And The Messages They Send
Miles kimball october 20 2018 miles kimball.
Curve fitting methods and the messages they send. View profile view forum posts visit homepage forum moderator join date 01 27 2010 location tysons corner va usa ms off ver pro 2019 posts. Numerical methods lecture 5 curve fitting techniques page 89 of 99 solve for the and so that the previous two equations both 0 re write these two equations put these into matrix form whats unknown. Not a type of curve fitting but a method of depicting the predictive power of a curve. Cutting through confusion since 2012.
A partisan nonpartisan blog. Curve fitting methods and the messages they send. Curve fitting is the process of constructing a curve or mathematical function that has the best fit to a series of data points possibly subject to constraints. Providing a confidence interval over the graph shows the uncertainty of the acquired data thus acknowledging the uncertain results of the experiment and showing the will not to cheat with easy regression curves.
4 5 curve fitting can involve either interpolation 6 7 where an exact fit to the data is required or smoothing 8 9 in which a smooth function is constructed that approximately fits the data. These data when plotted on an xy graph appear to have a general upward trend but the data is far too noisy with too few data points to clearly suggest any specific growth pattern. Hat tip to joseph kimball. A place for data science practitioners and professionals to discuss and debate data science career questions.
Curve fitting methods and the messages they reveal an illustration of several plots of the same data with curves fitted to the points paired with conclusions that you might draw about the person who made them. By miles kimball my articles my site my books about me follow on. Home miles kimball xkcd. Confessions of a supply side liberal.
Subscribe to this thread 09 21 2018 1131 am 1. Curve fitting methods and the messages they send this is why i ignore every regression anyone shows me. Curve fitting methods and the messages they send october 20 2018 by miles kimball. Curve fitting and the messages they send results 1 to 2 of 2 curve fitting and the messages they send linkback.
Unless the conclusion fits my purposes and the audience is gullible.