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Total Least Squares Figure
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Figure 8.6

A linear fit to data with correlated errors in x and y. In the literature, this
is often referred to as total least squares or errors-in-variables fitting. The
left panel shows the lines of best fit; the right panel shows the likelihood
contours in slope/intercept space. The points are the same set used for the
examples in Hogg, Bovy & Lang 2010.



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