Questions on fitting and plotting data
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- Subject: [mg7952] Questions on fitting and plotting data
- From: Daniel Goscha <dgoscha at phy.ilstu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 02:40:27 -0400
- Organization: Illinois State University-IS/Network Services
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I am *very* low on the Mma learning curve so this may be obvious, but here is what I am trying to do. I have a set of data that I want to plot, fit, and then plot the fit over it. The problem I am having is getting the correct fit and getting it to plot. Here is what I have so far... In[38]:= t2 = {{1, 1.5, .5}, {2.3, 2.8, .5}, {3, 3.7, .5}, {4.2, 4.6, .5}, {5.1, 5, .5}, {6.4, 6.4, .5}, {7.2, 7.7, .5}, {8, 8.9, .5}} Out[38]= {{1,1.5,0.5},{2.3,2.8,0.5},{3,3.7,0.5},{4.2,4.6,0.5},{5.1,5,0.5},{6.4,6.4, 0.5},{7.2,7.7,0.5},{8,8.9,0.5}} In[39]:= plot1 = ErrorListPlot[t2] **now, here is where I start getting the problems - this is obviously NOT the correct least-square fit solution to the data I have specified.** In[40]:= fit1 = Fit[t2, {1, x }, {x, y}] Out[40] = 0.5-5.55112x10^-17 x In[41]:= Plot [fit1, {x, 0, 10}] In[37]:= Show [%, plot1] Any help will be greatly appreciated. Many thanks -daniel -------------------- daniel l. goscha dgoscha at phy.ilstu.edu <*>