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38 <topic id=
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"include" status=
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39 <title xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"tit">Trend Lines
</title>
40 <filename>/text/schart/
01/
04050100.xhp
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44 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"index" id=
"bm_id1744743"><bookmark_value>calculating;regression curves
</bookmark_value>
45 <bookmark_value>regression curves in charts
</bookmark_value>
46 <bookmark_value>trend lines in charts
</bookmark_value>
47 <bookmark_value>mean value lines in charts
</bookmark_value>
49 <bookmark xml-lang=
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50 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"hd_id5409405" role=
"heading" level=
"1" l10n=
"CHG"><variable id=
"regression"><link href=
"text/schart/01/04050100.xhp">Trend Lines
</link>
51 </variable></paragraph>
52 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id7272255" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"CHG"><variable id=
"trendlinestext"><ahelp hid=
".">Regression curves, also known as trend lines, can be added to all
2D chart types except for Pie and Stock charts.
</ahelp>
53 </variable></paragraph>
54 <embed href=
"text/schart/01/04030000.xhp#context"/>
55 <section id=
"howtoget">
56 <embed href=
"text/schart/00/00000004.xhp#trendlines"/>
57 </section><comment>None
</comment>
58 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/HID_SCH_TRENDLINE_RB_NONE" id=
"bm_id2659077" localize=
"false"/>
59 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id143436" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"NEW"><ahelp hid=
"." visibility=
"hidden">No trend line is shown.
</ahelp></paragraph><comment>Linear
</comment>
60 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/HID_SCH_TRENDLINE_RB_LINEAR" id=
"bm_id6944181" localize=
"false"/>
61 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id5716727" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"NEW"><ahelp hid=
"." visibility=
"hidden">A linear trend line is shown.
</ahelp></paragraph><comment>Logarithmic
</comment>
62 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/HID_SCH_TRENDLINE_RB_LOGARITHMIC" id=
"bm_id886257" localize=
"false"/>
63 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id5840021" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"NEW"><ahelp hid=
"." visibility=
"hidden">A logarithmic trend line is shown.
</ahelp></paragraph><comment>Exponential
</comment>
64 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/HID_SCH_TRENDLINE_RB_EXPONENTIAL" id=
"bm_id8892483" localize=
"false"/>
65 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id9417096" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"NEW"><ahelp hid=
"." visibility=
"hidden">An exponential trend line is shown.
</ahelp></paragraph><comment>Power
</comment>
66 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/HID_SCH_TRENDLINE_RB_POWER" id=
"bm_id7198400" localize=
"false"/>
67 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id8482924" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"NEW"><ahelp hid=
"." visibility=
"hidden">A power trend line is shown.
</ahelp></paragraph><comment>Show equation
</comment>
68 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/HID_SCH_TRENDLINE_SHOW_EQUATION" id=
"bm_id4724875" localize=
"false"/>
69 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id8962370" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"NEW"><ahelp hid=
"." visibility=
"hidden">Shows the trend line equation next to the trend line.
</ahelp></paragraph><comment>Show correlation coefficient (R2)
</comment>
70 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/HID_SCH_TRENDLINE_SHOW_R_SQUARED" id=
"bm_id9068880" localize=
"false"/>
71 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id6889858" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"CHG"><ahelp hid=
"." visibility=
"hidden">Shows the coefficient of determination next to the trend line.
</ahelp></paragraph>
72 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id8398998" role=
"note" l10n=
"CHG">If you insert a trend line to a chart type that uses categories, like
<emph>Line
</emph>or
<emph>Column,
</emph>then the numbers
1,
2,
3,
<emph>…
</emph> are used as x-values to calculate the trend line.
</paragraph>
75 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id5676747" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"CHG">To insert trend lines for all data series, double-click the chart to enter edit mode. Choose
<item type=
"menuitem">Insert - Trend Lines
</item>, then select the type of trend line from None, Linear, Logarithmic, Exponential, or Power trend line.
</paragraph>
78 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id4349192" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"CHG">To insert a trend line for a single data series, select the data series in the chart, right-click to open the context menu, and choose
<item type=
"menuitem">Insert - Trend Line
</item>.
</paragraph>
81 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id9337443" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"NEW">To delete a single trend line or mean value line, click the line, then press the Del key.
</paragraph>
84 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id4529251" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"NEW">To delete all trend lines, choose
<item type=
"menuitem">Insert - Trend Lines
</item>, then select
<emph>None
</emph>.
</paragraph>
87 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id296334" role=
"note" l10n=
"CHG">A trend line is shown in the legend automatically.
</paragraph>
88 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/.uno:InsertMenuMeanValues" id=
"bm_id7854243" localize=
"false"/>
89 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id4072084" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"NEW"><ahelp hid=
".">Mean Value Lines are special trend lines that show the mean value. Use
<item type=
"menuitem">Insert - Mean Value Lines
</item> to insert mean value lines for data series.
</ahelp></paragraph>
90 <embed href=
"text/schart/01/04030000.xhp#context"/>
91 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id9569689" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"NEW">The trend line has the same color as the corresponding data series. To change the line properties, select the trend line and choose
<item type=
"menuitem">Format - Format Selection - Line
</item>.
</paragraph>
92 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/.uno:InsertTrendlineEquation" id=
"bm_id2754600" localize=
"false"/>
93 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id846888" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"NEW"><ahelp hid=
".">To show the trend line equation, select the trend line in the chart, right-click to open the context menu, and choose
<emph>Insert Trend Line Equation
</emph>.
</ahelp></paragraph>
94 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id8962065" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"CHG">When the chart is in edit mode, %PRODUCTNAME gives you the equation of the trend line and the coefficient of determination R². Click on the trend line to see the information in the status bar.
</paragraph>
95 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id1328470" role=
"note" l10n=
"NEW">For a category chart (for example a line chart), the regression information is calculated using numbers
1,
2,
3, … as x-values. This is also true if your data series uses other numbers as names for the x-values. For such charts the XY chart type might be more suitable.
</paragraph>
96 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id8092593" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"CHG">To show the equation and the coefficient of determination, select the regression curve and choose
<item type=
"menuitem">Format - Format Selection - Equation
</item>.
<comment>see http://specs.openoffice.org/chart/DisplayTrendLineEquations.odt
</comment></paragraph><comment>hid
</comment>
97 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id7971434" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"NEW"><ahelp hid=
"." visibility=
"hidden">Enable Show equation to see the equation of the regression curve.
</ahelp></paragraph><comment>hid
</comment>
98 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id558793" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"CHG"><ahelp hid=
"." visibility=
"hidden">Enable Show Coefficient of Determination to see the determination coefficient of the regression curve.
</ahelp></paragraph>
99 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id7735221" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"NEW">You can also calculate the parameters using Calc functions as follows.
</paragraph>
100 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"hd_id5744193" role=
"heading" level=
"1" l10n=
"NEW">The linear regression equation
</paragraph>
101 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id9251991" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"NEW">The
<emph>linear regression
</emph> follows the equation
<item type=
"literal">y=m*x+b
</item>.
</paragraph>
102 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id7951902" role=
"code" l10n=
"NEW">m = SLOPE(Data_Y;Data_X)
</paragraph>
103 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id6637165" role=
"code" l10n=
"NEW">b = INTERCEPT(Data_Y ;Data_X)
</paragraph>
104 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id7879268" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"NEW">Calculate the coefficient of determination by
</paragraph>
105 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id9244361" role=
"code" l10n=
"NEW">r² = RSQ(Data_Y;Data_X)
</paragraph>
106 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id2083498" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"NEW">Besides m, b and r² the array function
<emph>LINEST
</emph> provides additional statistics for a regression analysis.
</paragraph>
107 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"hd_id2538834" role=
"heading" level=
"1" l10n=
"NEW">The logarithm regression equation
</paragraph>
108 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id394299" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"NEW">The
<emph>logarithm regression
</emph> follows the equation
<item type=
"literal">y=a*ln(x)+b
</item>.
</paragraph>
109 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id2134159" role=
"code" l10n=
"NEW">a = SLOPE(Data_Y;LN(Data_X))
</paragraph>
110 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id5946531" role=
"code" l10n=
"NEW">b = INTERCEPT(Data_Y ;LN(Data_X))
</paragraph>
111 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id5649281" role=
"code" l10n=
"NEW">r² = RSQ(Data_Y;LN(Data_X))
</paragraph>
112 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"hd_id7874080" role=
"heading" level=
"1" l10n=
"NEW">The exponential regression equation
</paragraph>
113 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id4679097" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"NEW"> For exponential regression curves a transformation to a linear model takes place. The optimal curve fitting is related to the linear model and the results are interpreted accordingly.
</paragraph>
114 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id9112216" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"NEW">The exponential regression follows the equation
<item type=
"literal">y=b*exp(a*x)
</item> or
<item type=
"literal">y=b*m^x
</item>, which is transformed to
<item type=
"literal">ln(y)=ln(b)+a*x
</item> or
<item type=
"literal">ln(y)=ln(b)+ln(m)*x
</item> respectively.
</paragraph>
115 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id4416638" role=
"code" l10n=
"NEW">a = SLOPE(LN(Data_Y);Data_X)
</paragraph>
116 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id1039155" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"CHG">The variables for the second variation are calculated as follows:
</paragraph>
117 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id7184057" role=
"code" l10n=
"NEW">m = EXP(SLOPE(LN(Data_Y);Data_X))
</paragraph>
118 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id786767" role=
"code" l10n=
"NEW">b = EXP(INTERCEPT(LN(Data_Y);Data_X))
</paragraph>
119 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id7127292" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"NEW">Calculate the coefficient of determination by
</paragraph>
120 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id5437177" role=
"code" l10n=
"NEW">r² = RSQ(LN(Data_Y);Data_X)
</paragraph>
121 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id6946317" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"NEW">Besides m, b and r² the array function LOGEST provides additional statistics for a regression analysis.
</paragraph>
122 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"hd_id6349375" role=
"heading" level=
"1" l10n=
"NEW">The power regression equation
</paragraph>
123 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id1857661" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"NEW"> For
<emph>power regression
</emph> curves a transformation to a linear model takes place. The power regression follows the equation
<item type=
"literal">y=b*x^a
</item> , which is transformed to
<item type=
"literal">ln(y)=ln(b)+a*ln(x)
</item>.
</paragraph>
124 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id8517105" role=
"code" l10n=
"NEW">a = SLOPE(LN(Data_Y);LN(Data_X))
</paragraph>
125 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id9827265" role=
"code" l10n=
"NEW">b = EXP(INTERCEPT(LN(Data_Y);LN(Data_X))
</paragraph>
126 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id2357249" role=
"code" l10n=
"NEW">r² = RSQ(LN(Data_Y);LN(Data_X))
</paragraph>
127 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"hd_id9204077" role=
"heading" level=
"1" l10n=
"NEW">Constraints
<comment>UFI: is this still so?
</comment></paragraph>
128 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id7393719" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"CHG"> The calculation of the trend line considers only data pairs with the following values:
</paragraph>
129 <list type=
"ordered">
131 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id7212744" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"NEW">logarithm regression: only positive x-values are considered,
</paragraph>
134 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id1664479" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"NEW">exponential regression: only positive y-values are considered,
</paragraph>
137 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id8734702" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"NEW">power regression: only positive x-values and positive y-values are considered.
</paragraph>
140 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id181279" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"NEW">You should transform your data accordingly; it is best to work on a copy of the original data and transform the copied data.
</paragraph>
141 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"hd_id7907040" role=
"heading" level=
"1" l10n=
"NEW">The polynomial regression equation
</paragraph>
142 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id8918729" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"NEW">A
<emph>polynomial regression
</emph> curve cannot be added automatically. You must calculate this curve manually.
</paragraph>
143 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id33875" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"NEW">Create a table with the columns x, x², x³, … , xⁿ, y up to the desired degree n.
</paragraph>
144 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id8720053" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"NEW">Use the formula
<item type=
"literal">=LINEST(Data_Y,Data_X)
</item> with the complete range x to xⁿ (without headings) as Data_X.
</paragraph>
145 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id5068514" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"NEW">The first row of the LINEST output contains the coefficients of the regression polynomial, with the coefficient of xⁿ at the leftmost position.
</paragraph>
146 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id8202154" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"NEW">The first element of the third row of the LINEST output is the value of r². See the
<link href=
"text/scalc/01/04060107.xhp#Section8">LINEST
</link> function for details on proper use and an explanation of the other output parameters.
</paragraph>
147 <section id=
"relatedtopics">
148 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id4562211" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"CHG"><link href=
"text/schart/01/04050000.xhp">Y Error Bars tab page
</link></paragraph>