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Default Calculating R-squared value

AWESOME! A very special thanks for that tip to Tom and especially to
Bernard.

Tom Ogilvy wrote:
I'm afraid the function LINEST is not the function I'm looking for.



You are mistaken about LINEST. It can be used to fit a second degree
polynomial (or higher).

You can see how Bernard Liengme solves for the coefficients of a polynomial
curve using LINEST.

http://www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme/E...Polynomial.htm


 
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