Thursday, February 18, 2010

Nerd!

For my amusement, I graphed my fundal height measurement versus week of pregnancy. The blue line represents the one-to-one relationship of the "average" singleton pregnancy. My measurements are represented by the red points. I've also included a "line of best fit" or linear regression model.

Oddly enough one of the best fitting (according to my eye, not according to analysis) regression models is a cubic model.

The data:

(Thank you for letting me indulge my nerdiness. At least I know Karen will appreciate this post.)

1 comment:

Unknown said...

If two mathematicians are talking to each other how can you tell which one is the extrovert?

It's the one looking down at the other person's shoes.