Sample slope (b): The slope of the least-squares regression line computed from sample data; an estimate of the population slope beta.
How to apply it: b varies from sample to sample; its sampling distribution is centered at beta with standard error SE_b.
Course: AP Statistics · Unit: Inference for Quantitative Data: Slopes
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