Apply least squares fitting to derive the normal equations and solve for the coefficients by hand...
Example 1: Least Squares Fit to a Data Set by a Linear Function. Compute the coefficients of the best linear least-squares fit to the following data. x2.4 3.6 3.64 4.7 5.3 y| 33.8 34.7 35.5 36.0 37.5 38.1 Plot both the linear function and the data points on the same axis system Solution We can solve the problem with the following MATLAB commands x[2.4;3.6; 3.6;4.1;4.7;5.3]; y-L33.8;34.7;35.5;36.0;37.5;38.1 X [ones ( size (x)),x); % build the matrix X for linear model %...