b = mean(y) On 08/12/06, Kåre Edvardsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear R-helpers, > > I'm for sure not familiar with R, but it seem like a nice sofware tool, > so I've decided to try using it. > > Here is my problem I just can't figure out: > > I'd like to do least square fit of a straight horizontal (a = 0) line y > = ax + b through some data points > > x = (3,4,5,6,7,8) > > y = (0.62, 0.99, 0.83, 0.69, 0.76, 0.82) > > How would i find b????? > > All the best, > Ked > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >
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