Question

Which line most accurately represents the line of best fit for the scatter plot?

answer choices

Line A

Line B

Line C

Line D

Answer 1

Answer: Line D

This line is as close as possible to all of the points. Ideally, we'd want all the points to be on the same line, but this is the next best thing.

Something like line C is close to only the left-most point, while the other points are left out. Lines A and B are a similar story to line C.

Answer 2

Line D represents the scatter plot the best