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mxeff@feddit.org 6 days agoBut this takes only into consideration the two selected point used to calculate the the slope and intercept. All other point will not exactly lie on linear function. And as you can choose any combination of two point you will get again infinitely many different parametrization a of the linear model.
Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 6 days ago
But if it is a linear function it doesnt mater if you only use two points. Unless the function is not linear. If the line isn’t completely smooth you could also polynomial function that would fit the curve. Unless it exhibits exponential behavior why would you ever model it as an exponential if linear or polynomial models the data more accurately?
mxeff@feddit.org 6 days ago
But if the data originates from an exponential, any selection of two points will yield a different slope, because the data point lie not exactly on a straight line.
You suggested to model it linearly, that is what we are discussing here.
Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Does the data originate from an exponential? Can you prove it?
mxeff@feddit.org 6 days ago
Your data, no because I have no access to the actually values. But just a plot of a line that seems very straight (but does need to actually be), and measuring it manually will introduce some noise.
In my data, that I generated, yes there I know for a fact that it is from an exponential.