Chart appears to be plotting the wrong data

JenniferMurphy

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I have a fairly large data set that I am plotting on a scatter chart. The X values go from 0 to 500. The Y values currently go from 0 to 44. Just two X values have a Y value of 44, 81 and 85. To my eye, these two Y values are not at the same level. The Y value for 85 seems a bit taller than the Y value for 81. What could be causing this?
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I'm pretty sure I have the correct data points because if I change both 81 and 85 to 45, the chart above changes those two Y values and then they are even more clearly not at the same level.
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I'm happy to post a minisheet, but it's a lot of data and I don't know how to include the chart.
 

Excel Facts

Which lookup functions find a value equal or greater than the lookup value?
MATCH uses -1 to find larger value (lookup table must be sorted ZA). XLOOKUP uses 1 to find values greater and does not need to be sorted.
It looks like you're using a smoothed line. You need to turn that off to get 'accurate' plotting (the extra height is not actually at your data point).
 
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