A plot of the points ln y versus 1/x based on the original data is shown in Figure 3.10 . Note from the figure how the transformation distorts the distances between the original data point and squeezes them all together. Consequently, if a straight line is made to fit the transformed data plotted in Figure 3.10, the absolute deviations appear relatively small. If we were to plot the fitted model y = Ce… to the data in Figure 3.9, we would see that it fits the data relatively poorly, as shown in Figure 3.11.