# Fit data with a proper Gaussian using NonlinearModelFit?

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 Hi everybody. I need help! I'm trying to fit my data set with a Gaussian, but I was able to get a curve that doesn't look like a Gaussian. I'm noob with this, so you guys please help me! At least I wanna have a hint about how can I handle the parameters to get the best as possible fit. This is what I already have done... data = Import[ "/home/leblanc/Documents/Astro/Paper/a.csv", "table", FieldSeparators -> " "]; nlm = NonlinearModelFit[data, a Exp[-(x - b)^2/2 c^2], {a, b, c}, x]; nlm["AdjustedRSquared"]; nlm[x]; nlm["ParameterTable"]; dataplot = ListPlot[data]; fitplot = Plot[nlm[x], {x, 1.8, 2.00}]; Show[dataplot, fitplot];  Attachments:
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 Adjustment:  data = Import["a.csv", "table", FieldSeparators -> " "]; nlm = NonlinearModelFit[data, d + a*Exp[-(x - b)^2/2 c^2], {{a, 100}, {b, 1.94}, {c, 90}, {d, 95}}, x]; nlm["AdjustedRSquared"]; nlm[x]; nlm["ParameterTable"]; dataplot = ListPlot[data]; fitplot = Plot[nlm[x], {x, 1.8, 2.10}, PlotStyle -> Red, PlotRange -> All]; Show[dataplot, fitplot] A better model:  data = Import["a.csv", "table", FieldSeparators -> " "]; nlm = NonlinearModelFit[data, d + a*Exp[-(x - b)^2/2 c^2] + e*x, {{a, 100}, {b, 1.94}, {c, 90}, {d, 95}, {e, 200}}, x]; nlm["AdjustedRSquared"]; nlm[x]; nlm["ParameterTable"]; dataplot = ListPlot[data]; fitplot = Plot[nlm[x], {x, 1.8, 2.10}, PlotStyle -> Red, PlotRange -> All]; Show[dataplot, fitplot] 
Posted 3 months ago
 Thank you crack!
Posted 3 months ago
 Hi Mariuz. I appreciated a lot your help with the fitting, I need more details about how you reached that amazing fit, because I need to include in a research paper. If you can help me with to understand how to choose accurate fit parameters, you will save my life. Thanks a lot!Christian.
 Mariusz did a great job ! But his explanation is somewhat short. Unfortunately I can't access your data, but I would proceed as follows.Looking at your data-points there seems to be something like a straight line at the right and left end. Get some of the first and some of the last data and do a linear fit, then you will get a first approximation of a linear function to be used as "baseline". Then extract the data in the middle. These could be a Gaussian like a + b Exp[ w ( x - x0 )^2 ] a is something around 100, b as well and w has something to do with the half-width, which can be estimated as about 0.02. So find a value for w. Fit it to the extracted data, and you will get starting parameters for the overall fit of all your data to a + b Exp[ w ( x - x0 )^2 ] + c x