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QSR Function Option Page

Interpolating a Value from a Data Set

The Interpolation page uses the polynomial interpolation function to interpolate (or extrapolate) values given a set of known data points that you provide.

The QSR attempts to fit a polynomial to the given data points. The polynomial is of the (i - 1) order, where i is the number of data points. You must enter at least 2 data points, and you cannot enter more than 10.

Note that if the given data points are far from the point of interest, the resulting polynomial can oscillate between values, thus yielding erroneous results. Moreover, interpolation based on only data points, with no background information on the actual function, can also yield erroneous results. For these reasons, an approximate error value is returned with each interpolation.

Follow the steps outlined below to obtain values with the QSR:

 

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