[R] simple linear regression with proportion data

[Ben Bolker]

On 12-11-19 10:18 AM, S Ellison wrote:
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>>> Can I use simple linear regression when I have proportion data
>>> for both dependent and independent variables?  Or, should I use
>>> beta regression analysis?  Or any suggestion?
>>> 
>> 
>> The distribution of the independent variable is irrelevant (in some
>> circumstances it matters whether it is measured without error or
>> not).

> Agreed that if you just want a line that goes somewhere near the data
> you can do pretty much anything. But don't those circumstances you
> referred to include 'any time you want an unbiased estimate of the
> slope or a reliable standard error on coefficients'?

  Did you see that I wrote "distribution of the **independent**
variable" above?

  Ben