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 Calculating X values from a trend layer regression |
| Posted by Karen A on Oct-27-2020 08:36 |
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I often use trend layers for calibration curves... but then I need to use the equation to determine an X value for an experimentally determined Y value in the software.
For linear regression that is a trivial calculation... but not so for all other regression types.
I can not find a function in the TrendLayer such as:
Function TrendLayer.getXvalue(Yvalue as Double) As Double
is there something like that?
A way I have been able that with other software past (with regression types it works for) is to just reverse the X and Y data valued and do the regression on that. Then i just plugged the experimental Y value into the equation spit out to the X value.
When I have dome that, of course I did not want to actually draw/display/print such a chart anywhere.
In ChartDirector is the only way to do that is to create a New chart, add a trend layer with the X and y data switched,
write a function that gets the coefficents from that and does the calculation? Seems like there should be a better way!
Thanks,
-karen |
| Re: Calculating X values from a trend layer regression |
| Posted by Peter Kwan on Oct-27-2020 13:13 |
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Hi Karen A,
The trend layer computed parameters are accessible from the ChartDirector API. For linear regression, the parameters are the slope m and intercept c (y = mx + c). As you have mentioned, it is trivial to obtain x given y (x = (y - c) / m).
Note that it may not be mathematically possible to obtain x given y. I have attached an image from one of the ChartDirector sample code. If y = 2.5, what is x in the red curve? (There are two possible values.) If y = 3.3 (above the maximum point of the red curve), what is x? There is no x value, despite there is a data point at y = 3.3.
In a regression, the curve normally does not through every data point. So it is perfectly possible for a data point to be above the maximum point of the curve, and you cannot obtain an x value from a y value.
In regression, reverse the x and y coordinates may not rotate the curve. In some cases, it may produce a completely different curve. The curve must be single value in y (that is, given x, it is always possible to obtain y), but not the reverse (given y, it may not be possible to obtain x). We call x the "independent variable" and y the "dependent variable".
For your case, there are two approaches:
(a) In some type of regression (like the linear, exponential and logarithmic regression), it is possible to obtain x given y, in which case it is also quite easy to compute the x given y by using the regression parameters obtained from the ChartDirector API. If you need further help, please let me know which type of regression you are using.
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(b) If the "y" you mentioned is actually the independent variable, but you want it to be plotted with the vertical axis, you can swap the x and y to plot the trend layer, then add the code (in C#/Java):
c.swapXY();
The above code will swap the x and y axes, so that the x-axis becomes vertical and the y-axis horizontal. In other words, you do not need to create two charts. You just need to create one chart and swap the axes for display.
Regards
Peter Kwan
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