The best fitting line minimizes the vertical distances from


The best fitting line minimizes the vertical distances from the points to the line. Hence,the Y coordinate of a point on the best fitting line provides an estimate or prediction of Y at the value of the corresponding X coordinate. This process is called regression (to move backward) because

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