Moving Average

Calculates the moving average of a time series

To access this command...

Choose Data - Statistics - Moving Average


note

For more information on the moving average, refer to the corresponding Wikipedia article.


Data

Input Range: The reference of the range of the data to analyze.

Results to: The reference of the top left cell of the range where the results will be displayed.

Grouped By

Select whether the input data has columns or rows layout.

Parameters

Interval: The number of samples used in the moving average calculation.

Example

The following table has two time series, one representing an impulse function at time t=0 and the other an impulse function at time t=2.

A

B

1

1

0

2

0

0

3

0

1

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

0

0

10

0

0

11

0

0

12

0

0

13

0

0


Results of the moving average:

Column 1

Column 2

#N/A

#N/A

0.3333333333

0.3333333333

0

0.3333333333

0

0.3333333333

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

#N/A

#N/A


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