Tag Archives: XY chart

More on trend line equations on line charts

Posted on April 27, 2017 by

In the previous post we saw that if a trend line equation is added to a line chart it will return the wrong coefficients if the x values are not a continuous sequence of integers, starting at 1 (click on … Continue reading →

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When is an XY chart not an XY chart …?

Posted on September 5, 2012 by

… and whan is a blank cell not a blank cell? To answer the first one, create a simple XY chart, with a single data range of 7 rows, with a blank row in the middle.  This should display as two … Continue reading →

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PView Function

Posted on March 31, 2011 by

As promised in the previous post, here are further details of the PView User Defined Function (UDF), included in the IP2 spreadsheet, which can be downloaded (including full open source code) from IP2.ZIP. The PView UDF works by multiplying the 3D … Continue reading →

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Fitting high order polynomials

Posted on February 4, 2011 by

This post is a follow up to Using LINEST for non-linear curve fitting and the following comments from Scott Rogers and Lori Miller.  Scott found that he was getting different results from Linest and the xy chart trend line for polynomials of … Continue reading →

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Using LINEST for non-linear curve fitting

Posted on January 19, 2011 by

Update 28 June 2015:  Also see Using Linest for non-linear curve fitting examples, hints, and warnings for more examples of fitting exponential and polynomial curves using LinEst. A frequent question on internet forums everywhere is how to do a least squares fit … Continue reading →

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