How can I remove oscillation from a curve using selective averaging?

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The discussion focuses on removing oscillation from a dataset using selective averaging techniques. The user aims to transform a set of oscillating values into a smoother representation for plotting. Tools mentioned include Origin for graph plotting, with suggestions to utilize interpolation methods such as splines or B-splines for effective data smoothing. The goal is to achieve a more linear representation of the data points by averaging selectively rather than across the entire dataset.

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I want to remove the oscillation from the curve

In one of the variable i have oscillation values and i want to take avg of them so that i can plot the straight line

e.g.

X Y
100 80
110 20
120 70
130 19
140 84
120 26

I want to post process my data to look something like this
105 60
115 45
125 45.5

thus i can plot the average of the oscialltion

I can make average of whole data as oscillations are present in some part of the data and i want to do to selective avergaing of the data

can anyone help me with this? I am using Origin for plotting the graph
 
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What you're describing sounds like interpolation (Origin will probably have facilities to do this but I don't know the details). Maybe try splines or B-splines.
 

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