[R] regressing on variable with heavy tails
David Winsemius
dwinsemius at comcast.net
Sun May 1 05:15:49 CEST 2011
On Apr 30, 2011, at 9:36 PM, Jeroen Ooms wrote:
> I have a dependent variable with is very peaked and has heavy tails,
> something I haven't encountered before. (histogram:
> http://postimage.org/image/2sw9bn8pw/). What could be an appropriate
> family
> or transformation to do regress on this?
None. You have not yet established that the residuals of your analysis
violate any of linear regression assumptions. It is the residuals that
need to be Normal, not the dependent variable.
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David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT
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