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rdata-fittinghorizontal-line

use R: fit a set of data with an horizontal line


I have a question about fitting data set.

I have a set of data, I want to plot it and add a horizontal line which should be the best fit of it.(let's say it is Y=a and ignore the shape of data)

How can I find a? which method i need to use.

I prefer to use R, but also ok for MATLAB


Solution

  • The mean of Y would be the best fit in this case.

    Y=rnorm(100)
    plot(Y)
    abline(h=mean(Y))
    

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