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03 Jan 2017
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The long-solved problem of the best-fit straight line: application to isotopic mixing lines
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona,
Tucson, 85721, USA
Scott R. Saleska
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona,
Tucson, 85721, USA
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In 1969, Derek York published a highly general solution to the common problem of how to fit a straight line to points measured with error in both x and y. Unfortunately York's solution is almost unknown outside the geophysical literature, and new studies wrestle with the problem each year. We introduce York's solution and demonstrate it using an example from biogeochemistry: the isotopic mixing line. By Monte Carlo simulation, we show that York’s solution is superior to all popular fit methods.
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