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Extrapolation of x value from the trendline of a non-linear graph



 
 
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Old March 13th, 2009, 12:27 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.charting
snifter
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Default Extrapolation of x value from the trendline of a non-linear graph

Hi I was wondering if it is possible to extrapolate the x value from a given
y value on a scatterplot graph?
I would like to extrapolate the value from the trendline produced using the
'moving average' trendline. The trendline is sigmoidal shaped
This trendline doesn't let me produce an equation so I can't figure out the
x value that way
If I can't find the x value of the trendline, even the line formed by the
data points would be good
Thanks in advance for your help
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Old March 13th, 2009, 07:18 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.charting
Bernard Liengme[_2_]
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Default Extrapolation of x value from the trendline of a non-linear graph

When you use the Moving Average feature you are not really making a trend
line but just plotting the average of a number of adjacent values to smooth
the data. The data is not fitted to a mathematical model (function) so there
is no equation as you correctly point out. No equation means there is no
prediction.
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Hi I was wondering if it is possible to extrapolate the x value from a
given
y value on a scatterplot graph?
I would like to extrapolate the value from the trendline produced using
the
'moving average' trendline. The trendline is sigmoidal shaped
This trendline doesn't let me produce an equation so I can't figure out
the
x value that way
If I can't find the x value of the trendline, even the line formed by the
data points would be good
Thanks in advance for your help



 




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