The following code solves your problem:
% James.m
% JAMES Linear regression on a semilog scale
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%
% Miroslav Balda
% miroslav AT balda DOT cz
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Inc=1;
D=10; % Max meaurement distance
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d1=(1:Inc:D); % 1m to max measurment distance (D) in Increments (Inc)
RXPdata1=[-45.0983; -53.3746; -54.4132; -56.8286; -59.2905; -60.2743;...
-60.6919; -59.4938; -64.0525; -62.6163]; % Measured data in dB
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semilogx(d1,(RXPdata1(:,1)),'-or') % Plot measured data
hold on
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% % Graph Set up
%
title ('Plot showing measured data','FontSize',14, 'FontWeight','bold')
xlabel('Distance (m) [Log scale]','FontSize',10, 'FontWeight','bold')
ylabel('Recieved Power (dB)','FontSize',10, 'FontWeight','bold')
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axis([0 10 -70 -35]);
hold on
grid on
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% Regression
%
logd1 = log10(d1');
A = [ones(size(RXPdata1)),logd1];
c = A\RXPdata1
y = A*c;
plot(d1,y,'o-', d1,y,'*-')
%
legend ('Measured Data','Lin. Regression','Location','EastOutside')
It is all. Good luck!
Mira
