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I have office 2003. I am using xy scatter plot with sub type data points
connected by smoothed lines. My problem is the point that should be the highest in the graph is actually not. The line always ascend alittle higher next to the highest dadum point and then descend. How do you fix this? thanks! |
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Fix it by not using the smoothing option on the lines. The smoothing is an
artificial fitting, not reflecting the actual data, but only looking pretty. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions http://PeltierTech.com _______ "AS" wrote in message ... I have office 2003. I am using xy scatter plot with sub type data points connected by smoothed lines. My problem is the point that should be the highest in the graph is actually not. The line always ascend alittle higher next to the highest dadum point and then descend. How do you fix this? thanks! |
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But I need to use smooth graph because it looks better, and are there any
ways? thanks. "Jon Peltier" wrote: Fix it by not using the smoothing option on the lines. The smoothing is an artificial fitting, not reflecting the actual data, but only looking pretty. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions http://PeltierTech.com _______ "AS" wrote in message ... I have office 2003. I am using xy scatter plot with sub type data points connected by smoothed lines. My problem is the point that should be the highest in the graph is actually not. The line always ascend alittle higher next to the highest dadum point and then descend. How do you fix this? thanks! |
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... "Jon Peltier" wrote: "AS" wrote in message ... I have office 2003. I am using xy scatter plot with sub type data points connected by smoothed lines. My problem is the point that should be the highest in the graph is actually not. The line always ascend alittle higher next to the highest dadum point and then descend. How do you fix this? thanks! Fix it by not using the smoothing option on the lines. The smoothing is an artificial fitting, not reflecting the actual data, but only looking pretty. But I need to use smooth graph because it looks better, and are there any ways? thanks. If you insist on using smoothed lines and you don't like Excel's algorithm, you could always generate your own smoothing algorithm, imposing whichever constraints you wish to apply. The other point if you must insist on using smoothed lines is to make sure you plot the points themselves, rather than just the lines between (and preferably make the line dotted to show how imaginary it is). -- David Biddulph |
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It looks prettier because it misrepresents your data, which is what prompted
you to start this thread. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions http://PeltierTech.com _______ "AS" wrote in message ... But I need to use smooth graph because it looks better, and are there any ways? thanks. "Jon Peltier" wrote: Fix it by not using the smoothing option on the lines. The smoothing is an artificial fitting, not reflecting the actual data, but only looking pretty. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions http://PeltierTech.com _______ "AS" wrote in message ... I have office 2003. I am using xy scatter plot with sub type data points connected by smoothed lines. My problem is the point that should be the highest in the graph is actually not. The line always ascend alittle higher next to the highest dadum point and then descend. How do you fix this? thanks! |
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