----- Original Message -----
From: "victor michael zammit" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 2:47 PM
Subject: st: Re: Data fitting
> Hello,
> does Stata have any programming language that one can use to describe a
> function that might fit the following data values :
> X Y
> 1 2
> 2 3
> 3 4
> 4 5
> 5 6
> 6 7
> 7 6
> 8 8
> 9 10
> 10 12
> 11 10
> 12 8
> 13 8.5
> 14 9
> 15 8
> 16 7
> 17 6
> 18 5
> 19 4
> 20 3
> hope for the best
> Victor.
>
How about
reg y x in 1/10
reg y x in 11/20
or you could use -spline-
findit spline (if you don't already have it)
spline y x, knots(1)
Scott
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