Use the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) (Links to an external site.) to find an article that meets
the following criteria.
Peer-reviewed.
Full text available on ERIC.
Contains the words "Method of Least Squares" or "Linear Regression."
Download the full-text article and write a four-paragraph (maximum) critique of the article. Follow the guidelines
in the Writing Article Critiques page.
Post your four paragraph (maximum) article critique, include your article as an attachment, and then address
the following:
Do you believe the results? Why or why not?
Can a reported mean of your article variables be treated as a value from a population having a normal
distribution? Why or why not?
Report the Regression Equation and provide an example of a "Predicted" value.
You should make your initial post before the fourth day of the module week to receive full credit. Return at least
once later in the module week to provide meaningful comments to two or more of your classmates' posts. Do
not “post and run” – making all three posts in the same visit. You need multiple visits to the discussion area to
gain multiple perspectives by reading all of the posts and replies.
Sample Solution