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- Offset term calculated by FITLINE for data identified with a matching
- 'idexpr' value. 'idexpr' must be an integer from 0 to 9 and must
- match some 'idexpr' value used in a previous FITLINE procedure
- statement. See FITLINE procedure description.
-
- Use the SLOPE and OFFSET values to display and/or make use of the
- line fit to the data by the FITLINE procedure. DAN allows up to
- ten simultaneously active lines and the 'idexpr' value is used to
- distinguish which line your algorithm is referencing; hence, the same
- 'idexpr' value must be used when calling FITLINE, SLOPE, and OFFSET.
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- For example, to fit a line to the data in file "fitdata" and then
- plot both the original data and the line on the same graph, the
- following algorithm could be used:
-
- SCALEY(fitdata) &
- FITLINE (1,fitdata); {do linear least sqs fit to 'fitdata'}
- {plot original data and line fit to data }
- TRACE = BOX & PLOT(fitdata) &
- TRACE = LINE & PLOT( SLOPE(1)*X + OFFSET(1) );
-
- A measure of how well the line fits the data can be determined by
- adding the following lines to the above algorithm:
-
- ERASE; {erase prev plot so new scaling can be used}
- residuals = SLOPE(1)*X + OFFSET(1) - fitdata &
- SCALEY(residuals);
- PLOT (residuals) & PLOT ( STD.DEV (residuals) );
-