Thanks for all your input. The next hurdle is the trendline; it extends for
the full length of the x-axis. In my case this is 36 entries. This will get
messy with two data series, four trendlines, and three milestone markers.
Alternatively,I wanted to create data for the trendline (using y=mx+b), but I
don't have any 'real' x values - there just labels. I tried adding a line
graphic, but this isn't well preserved after saves or chart changes.
"Bernard Liengme" wrote:
Starting with
x y z
1 5 #N/A
2 7 #N/A
3 9 #N/A
4 11 10
5 #N/A 13
6 #N/A 16
7 #N/A 19
8 #N/A 22
Select everything and make a chart
Now add the trendlines
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Bernard V Liengme
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"Derfel" wrote in message
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I made it work. I had to create two new rows in the source spreadsheet and
include the blank cells that correspond to the x values. Now if I can
just
figure out how to get a trendline for each that doesn't spread across the
entire sheet!
"Bernard Liengme" wrote:
Sounds like you made a Line Chart when an XY chart was needed.
Try that and let us know how it goes.
best wishes
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Bernard V Liengme
Microsoft Excel MVP
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"Derfel" wrote in message
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Elizabeth:
I am trying to do the same thing. Did you get this to work? I wasn't
successful plotting two sets of data on a single x-axis. The second
data
set
plotted from the y-intercept rather than along the end of the
horizontal
axis
"Elizabeth" wrote:
Hello. I am working on a line chart that shows 12 weeks of data for
homework
completion. The X axis is weeks and the Y axis is rate of completion.
Weeks
1-6 were baseline and data was collected for completion. Weeks 7-12
were
experimental where an intervention was used to influence homework
completion.
I would like to be able to insert a trend line for weeks 1-6 and a
separate
trend line for weeks 7-12 on the same graph to compare student
performance.
Right now, when I right-click on a data point in my grapn to create a
trendline, I get a trendline for all 12 weeks of data. Can anyone
help
me
create two seperate trendlines? Thanks
Elizabeth