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Re: [Offtopic] Line fitting [was Re: Numpy outlier removal]

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On Tuesday, January 8, 2013 10:07:08 AM UTC+1, Terry Reedy wrote:

> With the line constrained to go through 0,0, a line eyeballed with a 
> clear ruler could easily be better than either regression line, as a 
> human will tend to minimize the deviations *perpendicular to the  line*, 
> which is the proper thing to do (assuming both variables are measured in 
> the same units).

In that case use an appropriate algorithm to perform the fit. ODR comes to mind. http://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy/reference/odr.html

Maarten

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  Re: Numpy outlier removal Hans Mulder <hansmu@xs4all.nl> - 2013-01-06 23:33 +0100
    RE: Numpy outlier removal "Joseph L. Casale" <jcasale@activenetwerx.com> - 2013-01-06 22:50 +0000
    Re: Numpy outlier removal MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-01-06 23:18 +0000
  Re: Numpy outlier removal Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-01-07 01:46 +0000
    Re: Numpy outlier removal "Paul Simon" <psimon@sonic.net> - 2013-01-06 18:21 -0800
    Re: Numpy outlier removal Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2013-01-07 02:29 +0000
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        Re: Numpy outlier removal Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2013-01-07 15:20 +0000
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            Re: [Offtopic] Line fitting [was Re: Numpy outlier removal] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-08 06:43 +1100
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                Re: [Offtopic] Line fitting [was Re: Numpy outlier removal] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-08 17:35 +1100
                Re: [Offtopic] Line fitting [was Re: Numpy outlier removal] Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2013-01-08 15:55 +0000
                Re: [Offtopic] Line fitting [was Re: Numpy outlier removal] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-09 07:14 +1100
                Re: [Offtopic] Line fitting [was Re: Numpy outlier removal] Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-01-09 07:50 +0000
                Re: [Offtopic] Line fitting [was Re: Numpy outlier removal] Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2013-01-08 22:59 +0000
            Re: [Offtopic] Line fitting [was Re: Numpy outlier removal] Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2013-01-07 22:32 +0000
              Re: [Offtopic] Line fitting [was Re: Numpy outlier removal] Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-01-08 01:23 +0000
                Re: [Offtopic] Line fitting [was Re: Numpy outlier removal] Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-01-08 04:07 -0500
                Re: [Offtopic] Line fitting [was Re: Numpy outlier removal] Maarten <maarten.sneep@knmi.nl> - 2013-01-08 08:47 -0800
                Re: [Offtopic] Line fitting [was Re: Numpy outlier removal] Maarten <maarten.sneep@knmi.nl> - 2013-01-08 08:47 -0800
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                Re: [Offtopic] Line fitting [was Re: Numpy outlier removal] Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2013-01-08 13:50 +0000
            Re: [Offtopic] Line fitting [was Re: Numpy outlier removal] Jason Friedman <jason@powerpull.net> - 2013-01-08 19:22 -0700
            Re: [Offtopic] Line fitting [was Re: Numpy outlier removal] Jason Friedman <jason@powerpull.net> - 2013-01-08 19:23 -0700
        Re: Numpy outlier removal Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2013-01-07 15:35 +0000
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