Solutions to Exercises in Chapter 3

A plot of this quadratic function appears in Figure 3.10. The minimum of this function is approximately 12 and occurs at approximately The significance of this value is that it is the least-squares estimate. (e) To find the value of ( that minimizes we obtain. Setting this derivative equal to zero, we have. or Thus, the least-squares estimate is ................
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