Linear Regression with Matlab

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Fitting to a line with Matlab

Back First enter some data, and plot it.
>> >> >> >> >> >> x=[0 2.6 5.1 7.4 9.6 7.8 4.8 2.6 0.1]; y=[-0.3 23.5 51.9 70.1 98.2 82.9 46.0 28.6 4.8]/1000; plot(x,y,'o'); %Plot data with circles title('Verifying Ohms Law'); xlabel('Volts'); ylabel('Current (Amps)'); %Convert to amps from mA.

Go to Tools->Basic Fitting and set dialog box as below

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Hit the right arrow at the bottom of the box.

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The figure now looks as shown.

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Since the slope is about 0.01, the resistance is about 100 ohms. It is also possible to use Matlab do the curve-fit and then calculate the correlation coefficient. In the following code "p" contains coefficients of linear, or first order, fit (slope=m=p(1)=0.0100, intercept=b=p(2)=0.006).
>> p=polyfit(x,y,1) p = 0.0100 0.0006 >> R=corrcoef(x,y); >> R(1,2) ans = 0.9961

A correlation coefficient with a magnitude near 1 (as in this case) represents a good fit. As the fit gets worse, the correlation coefficient approaches zero.

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