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Ah yes, regression (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well, some students of mines actually put some figure like that in al lab report...

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You asked for a line, they gave you a line, what more can be asked for?

We used to intentionally add wrong data to our datasets so we could circle it afterwards, declare it "outlying data" and gain the extra points for spotting and documenting it.

I'm not bitter about my formal education, honest...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago

We used to intentionally add wrong data to our datasets so we could circle it afterwards, declare it "outlying data" and gain the extra points for spotting and documenting it.

Nice trick!