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Polynomial Curve Fit
I'm trying to do a polynomial curve fit (order 2) for the data below, but the
equation that the curve fit provides is way off. Any ideas why this isn't working? It works for a similar set of data... x y 10600 250 10600 250 10250 300 9750 350 9250 400 8625 450 8000 500 6750 550 |
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Polynomial Curve Fit
On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:38:09 -0700, rcc wrote:
I'm trying to do a polynomial curve fit (order 2) for the data below, but the equation that the curve fit provides is way off. Any ideas why this isn't working? It works for a similar set of data... x y 10600 250 10600 250 10250 300 9750 350 9250 400 8625 450 8000 500 6750 550 You don't give us any clue as to how your are doing the fit? Are you using a formula? If so, please post the formula. Are you graphing it and using the tool within the graph? If so, you probably need to format the formula to show more decimal places. --ron |
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rcc -
(1) Use an XY (Scatter) chart type, not a Line chart type (which treats the X values as 1,2,3,... for the curve fit). (2) Be sure all values are numeric, not text. (3) I get the following results using Trendline or worksheet function LINEST: Y = -0.000013147702647*x^2 + 0.1503983217785*x + 134.511365283 - Mike Middleton http://www.DecisionToolworks.com Decision Analysis Add-ins for Excel "rcc" wrote in message ... I'm trying to do a polynomial curve fit (order 2) for the data below, but the equation that the curve fit provides is way off. Any ideas why this isn't working? It works for a similar set of data... x y 10600 250 10600 250 10250 300 9750 350 9250 400 8625 450 8000 500 6750 550 |
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Polynomial Curve Fit
Since your data does not have numeric issues in LINEST from any version of
Excel, I presume that you are using the Chart trendline option. Make sure that your chart is an "XY (Scatter)" chart, since a trendline on a "Line" chart would give you nonsense. If you are using an "XY (Scatter)" chart, the usual problem is to try to calculate with the excessively rounded values of the default display. Right click on the displayed equation and format to display in scientific notation with 14 decimal places. Jerry "rcc" wrote: I'm trying to do a polynomial curve fit (order 2) for the data below, but the equation that the curve fit provides is way off. Any ideas why this isn't working? It works for a similar set of data... x y 10600 250 10600 250 10250 300 9750 350 9250 400 8625 450 8000 500 6750 550 |
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Polynomial Curve Fit
but the equation that the curve fit provides is way off.
Hi. You didn't provide your equation. As a side note, another program gave a caution message... "The abscissae are not distinct." Re-looking at your data, is this a typo, or did you intend to have an x value with the possibility of having two different y values? 10600 250 10600 250 Again, it was just a caution message. -- Dana DeLouis "rcc" wrote in message ... I'm trying to do a polynomial curve fit (order 2) for the data below, but the equation that the curve fit provides is way off. Any ideas why this isn't working? It works for a similar set of data... x y 10600 250 10600 250 10250 300 9750 350 9250 400 8625 450 8000 500 6750 550 |
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