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slope
in statistical terms the slope of a line depicting the relationship of two variables is the gradient of the line or the regression coefficient of the relationship. A positive slope implies that increasing one variable will increase the other.
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Nemirovsky and Rubin (1992), as well as Monk (1990, 1994) found that students' difficulties interpreting graphs of kinematic variables were not necessarily due to simple confusion when reading the axes or a lack of understanding of the meaning of the slope of a graph.
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In the first experiment, the speed of sound in air was calculated using an apparatus consisting of a frequency generator, loud speakers, an amplifier, and an oscilloscope then by determining the least squares slope of a graph of frequency verses 1/wavelength.
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