Hi,
I've got pretty basic knowledge of Excel - i want to make a line of best fit with range bars on it. How would i go about doing this? Sorry for being so useless!
I have attached the file im trying to make the graph from.
Thanks
Will
Hi,
I've got pretty basic knowledge of Excel - i want to make a line of best fit with range bars on it. How would i go about doing this? Sorry for being so useless!
I have attached the file im trying to make the graph from.
Thanks
Will
It's not clear to me from your data exactly what you want.
Best line of fit would be from adding a Trendline.
Error bars could be added to the columns.
Hi andy - thanks for the reply! sorry i wasnt more specific - for the range bars - i need the smallest and largest plotted and then the mean is what is actually plotted and what the line of best fit uses if you understand me - if not il draw a graph on paper and scan it in!
Thanks!
Perhaps a Hi-Lo line chart
thats really good but my trend line has to be straight :S
Not sure I understand that.
Firstly have I used the right information from your sample file?
What information are you trending?
Hi - the data is correct
2 things need sorting though!
- how do i change the horizontal axis round so that the line of best fit goes up from the bottom left to top right?
- the line of best fit has to be straight - it does not go through the data points but calculates its . . . erm. . . position by the means so that on either side it is equal distance - this is explained quite badly. . .
ok - i have kind of got it now - i have added a linear trendline (what i meant by straight line of best fit) but am unable to get rid of the other line. . . still need to switch the axis as well!
There is no chart in your latest file
Maybe do a sketch and scan it.
-.- damn! i uploaded the wrong excel file. . .
well basically (im not at school anymore so i cant get the chart!) all i did was click add trend line (after right clicking on the line there is already) and added a linear line this leaves the mean lines but adds the linear line i wanted. . . what should i do from here? hang on i can re-download the file and add in the lines
attached the file
Try using a xy-scatter with horizontal error bars.
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