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I have a sequence of data: 

 data = {0.647888, 0.522495, 0.454224, 0.417054, 0.396816, 0.385798, 0.379799, 0.376532, 0.374754, 0.373786, 0.373259, 0.372972}

How can I find asymptote of this sequence using linear regression? Can anybody help me how to start? I just got a clue: y=a+b/c^x. Should I use LinearModelFit?

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ClearAll[a, b, c]
data = {0.647888, 0.522495, 0.454224, 0.417054, 0.396816, 0.385798, 
   0.379799, 0.376532, 0.374754, 0.373786, 0.373259, 0.372972};

nlm = NonlinearModelFit[data, a + b/ c^x, {a, b, c}, x];
Normal@nlm

$0.372629\, +0.505569 \,\, 1.8367^{-x}$

Limit[Normal[nlm], x -> Infinity]

0.372629

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  • $\begingroup$ @hermano9, my pleasure. Thank you for the accept. $\endgroup$
    – kglr
    Jun 12, 2016 at 21:59
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    $\begingroup$ This data set is clearly not from any biology experiment as a plot of the data and the fit shows almost no variability from the predicted model. An approximate 95% confidence interval for the value of the asymptote is found with nlm["ParameterConfidenceIntervals"][[1]] which shows as {0.372629, 0.372629}. $\endgroup$
    – JimB
    Jun 12, 2016 at 22:01

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