Fitting Noisy Data


	Polynomials can be used to fit noisy data. This Demonstration allows you to explore the relationship between the terms in a fit and the shape of the fit. You can experiment with different sets of powers to use.


	Contributed by: Rob Morris
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Least Squares Fitting (Wolfram MathWorld)

"Fitting Noisy Data" from The Wolfram Demonstrations Project
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/FittingNoisyData/

Contributed by: Rob Morris

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Data Analysis
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