Fit a Logistic Curve

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teh2heartedale

Hello all

First time poster, so I apologize for any formatting issues.

I am working on an assignment, and am posting here because I couldn
make it to class to learn the material.

I was given very simple data with X ranging from 1-5, and Y ranging fro
.4-.9.
x y
1 0.4016458
2 0.5747817
3 0.7313313
4 0.8457159
5 0.9169331

How do I fit a logistic curve f(x) = 1/(1+e^(-a*(x-c))) to this made u
data?

plotting these points gives me a somewhat linear relationship but th
instructions say that it is 1) not the same as a log curve, and 2) tha
i cant simply do this using a trendline.

What does he mean when he says that i require setting up decisio
variables, predicted values, residuals, and a objective function cell.

Iam suppose to use the Solver add-in.


== My questions ==
How do I identify the variable a and c?
Do I attain a, c and my predicted values from using the Analysi
function over the y variable?

I am really confused about this topic. Ive been searching for "fi
logistic curve excel" on google and youtube and many of thes
descriptions do not come close to what I am asking (i think). Usually
find some guidance in these help tutorials, however this time I can no
find anything.

Any guidance would be wonderful

Much Appreciated
teh2heartedal
 

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