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  • Description

    This shows how to graph a straight line in Excel and add the best fit line.

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    • Created:
      Aug 4 2007
    • Searchable:
      Yes
    • Audio:
      No
    • Language:
      English
    • Views:
      10,221
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    • 0:00
      Make sure you do not have any words with the data
    • 0:07
      Highlight the data
    • 0:09
      Choose XY(Scatter)
    • 0:20
      Label the axes
    • 0:45
      Choose "add trendline" from the Chart menu
    • 0:57
      Go to the Options tab
    • 1:02
      The equation will be the y=mx+b equation of the line
    • 1:03
      The closer the R-squared value is to one, the straighter the line.
    • 1:10
      Note the R-squared value - not quite 1 but pretty good.
    • 1:15
      You now know the slope and y-intercept of the line.

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