Quadratic Regression Assignment

The topic of this assignment is to use quadratic regression, extrema and zero values to find number of banks to open in a particular area. The artifact had to be done individually. In order to do this artifact, we had to find the maximum value and the zeros of an equation with the data table that was given in the artifact paper. There were three tasks that was needed to complete this assignment. The first aspect was to find the quadratic equation that best fit the given data. I achieved this by using the stat plot that was in my graphing calculator. The data table was based on the number of banks to the number of people with accounts. The second thing I had to do was to find the zero and maximum values of the data that I inserted in the graph. The last job I had to do was to explain what the findings of the optimal number of branches tell us. This artifact took me about two days to finish, but it was due two weeks after it was assigned. The Critical Thinking Skills I learned was question, purpose, points of view, information, concepts, assumptions, inferences, and implications. The critical thinking skill I like the most is purpose because that is the …show more content…
The most challenging part of the assignment was writing about all the calculations that I found of the extrema values, and then including all these values in my artifact. I liked the topic of the assignment because I learned how regression and extrema play a role in Civil Engineering and other real-world solutions. In the real world, the use of scatterplots, quadratic regression, and maximums and minimums from quadratic functions can be used to help people in their daily lives, for instance, finding the optimal number of banks to open in a particular area. Purpose is the critical thinking standard I like best because that is the main idea of what everybody is trying to