Nonlinear Regression: Screencast

Discusses assumption in nonlinear regression (NLR) and uses data for vapor pressure versus temperature to fit to an Antoine equation. Discusses how to evaluate NLR results.

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Important Equations:

$R^2=1-\frac{SS}{SS_{mean}}$

where $$R^2$$ is R-squared, a measure of goodness of fit of model

$$SS$$ = sum of squares of residuals

residual = measured value -calculated value

$$SS_{mean}$$ = sum of squares of (measured value – mean)

mean = average value of the dependent variable measured

degrees of freedom = number of measurements – number of parameters

Arrhenius expression format from regression to determine activation energy

$k = k_{0}e^{-\frac{E}{R}(\frac{1}{T}-\frac{1}{T_{0}})}$

where $$k$$ = rate constant

$$k_{0}$$ = rate constant at temperature $$T_{0}$$

$$E$$ = activation energy

$$R$$ = gas constant

$$T$$ = temperature (K)

$$T_{0}$$ = temperature in middle of temperature range where data obtained