John D. Cook 12/22/2025

Trying to fit exponential data

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This technical article discusses the practical difficulties in fitting an exponential distribution to real-world data, noting that perpetual exponential growth is unrealistic. It explains how to transform the problem into linear regression by taking logarithms, but warns that uncertainty expands exponentially when predictions are converted back to the original scale.

Trying to fit exponential data

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