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06 — Linear Regression

Find the line that minimizes the sum of squared residuals (the red boxes). Move the line manually, then click "Fit OLS" to snap to the optimum.

Liney = 0 + 0·x
SSE (residual²)
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Why squared? Squaring residuals makes them positive and penalizes big misses more than small ones. The result has a closed-form optimum — no iteration needed — and matches the slope b = r·(σy/σx).