Geography A-Level
Line of best fit
What Line of best fit means in Geography A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Line of best fit
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A line drawn through the centre of the data cluster to visually represent the trend, ensuring a roughly equal number of points lie above and below the line.
Topics that use Line of best fit
- Graphical skills (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Comparative line graphs
- Compound line graphs
- Correlation
- Dispersion diagrams
- Divergent line graphs
- Median
- Outliers
- Pie charts
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