1 Modeling Discrete Data

• 1.1 Introduction to the Issues

  1.1.1 Modeling with an Elementary Function
  1.1.2 Review of Modeling Issues So Far
  1.1.3 Fitting a Curve to Data: The Method of Least Squares
  1.1.4 An Agenda for Future Work
  

• 1.2 Lines in the Plane
• 1.3 Functions and Their Graphs
• 1.4 Defining New Functions from Old
• 1.5 Trigonometric Functions
• 1.6 Exponential and Logarithm Functions
• 1.7 Case Study: Modeling with Elementary Functions