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Default Setting intercept to zero with SLOPE/STEYX/etc

On Feb 21, 5:06 pm, Jerry W. Lewis wrote:

Note that in Excel 2003 the chart trendline R^2 is still incorrect when the
intercept is forced to zero.

Jerry


So the R^2 value generated for the trendline -- the one Excel displays
next to the trendline along with the equation -- is off? Is the one
that LINEST spits out any more accurate? Thanks again for the help.