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Appendix : Formulas Used
Weighted Mean
∑
wx
x
=
------------- -
w
∑
w
Linear Estimation
n = number of data pairs
y ˆ
=
A
+
Bx
y A
–
x ˆ
=
----------- -
B
∑
∑
xy
–
----------------------- -
where B =
------------------------------------------ -
∑
(
2
∑
x
–
---------------- -
A
=
y Bx
–
∑
xy
–
r
=
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
∑
(
)
x
2
∑
x
–
---------------- -
n
Standard Deviation
2
∑
∑
(
n
x
–
x
s
=
-------------------------------------- -
x
(
)
n n 1
–
Factorial
0! = 1
For n > 1 where n is an integer:
∑
⋅
x
y
n
2
)
x
2
∑
∑
⋅
x
y
----------------------- -
n
2
2
∑
(
)
y
2
∑
⋅
y
–
---------------- -
n
2
2
∑
∑
)
(
n
y
–
y
s
=
-------------------------------------- -
y
(
)
n n 1
–
2
)