6. Assumptions and Cautions Regarding Regression Analysis

If you bear with me through this entire book, or even just some of it, you’ll find that I refer occasionally to assumptions that your data may need to meet if your analysis is to be credible. Some sources of information about regression analysis—really outstanding sources—spend less than a page discussing those assumptions. Other sources spend pages and pages warning about violating the assumptions without explaining if, how, and why they can be violated with impunity.

The truth of the matter is that assumptions in regression ...

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