Date:         Wed, 30 Jul 1997 16:58:50 GMT
Reply-To:     Jay Weedon <j_weedon@ESCAPE.COM>
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From:         Jay Weedon <j_weedon@ESCAPE.COM>
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Subject:      Re: exponential regression
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On Wed, 30 Jul 1997 06:27:50 -0700, "Joe" <Joe_Harris@msn.com> wrote:
 
>I don't know a thing about SAS, but I do know a little stats, and I think
>you should take the natural log of your equation:
>
>y = a*(b)^x ---> ln(y) = ln(a) + ln(b)*x
>
>Then you can find ln(a), and ln(b) by linear regression.
>                                       Joe
 
OK if you want a multiplicative error term. Otherwise you might want to look
at PROC NLIN.
 
Jay Weedon.