Variability of a Fitted Regression Line


This applet illustrates the variability of a regression line. The applet generates random samples from a population characterized by a line with intercept equal to 1.0 and slope of 0.5. You may generate one sample at a time to see the fitted regression line along with the true regression line (depicted in red). You can also generate 1000 samples at a time. The applet shows the percentage of time that the true slope of 0.5 is rejected by the fitted regression lines.

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