Hi David,

You posted this selfsame question in programming and (to date) you have
received 5 responses from Tom Ogilvy and another from Mike Middleton.

In case you have lost track of that thread, here is a link:

http://tinyurl.com/67mpd



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Regards,
Norman



"David" wrote in message
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Hi Group,
This is a little difficult to explain, but the underlying data is simple,
so
please bear with me. I have Dates and Closings for the Dow Jones
Industrial.
Similar to below:
Date Adj. Close*
01/03/05 10729.43
12/27/04 10776.13
12/20/04 10661.6
12/13/04 10638.32
............More Data

The above is easy to graph and I have automated the process, which
includes
a 6th Order Polynomial Trend line added to the graph. What I am trying to
do
is find the Data Points associated with the 6th Order Polynomial Trend
line.
It has simply been just too long since I have done this type of
statistics. I
believe it may be necessary to create a new table to find these data
points,
which I am willing to do. I can calculate the sample mean, number of
sample
variables, sample variance, sample standard deviation, etc., but it has
just
been too many years to bring the necessary statistical expertise to arrive
at
the data points. I am trying to get a table that looks something like
this:
Date Adj. Close* Trend
01/03/05 10729.43 10730.25
12/27/04 10776.13 10750.31
12/20/04 10661.6 10765.03
12/13/04 10638.32 10750.00
I have tried using some of the built in functions, but they do not yield
the
same data points that have been graphed by the 6th Order Polynomial Trend
line. I have tried Trend and Forecast. I created a table many years ago,
which I think calculated the data points, but it has simply been to many
years and I have lost the statistical expertise. Any help would be greatly
appreciated. I have used the equation that can be presented with the
graph,
but it also does not yield the Data Points associated with each Date and
Adj
Close.
Thanks in advance.
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David