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Re: st: RE: using glm for the retransformation problem - basic questions


From   Maarten buis <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: RE: using glm for the retransformation problem - basic questions
Date   Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:07:00 +0100 (BST)

--- Maarten Buis <[email protected]> wrote:
> These two models model something slightly different: if you 
> -etransform- a linear regression with a log-transformed dependent
> variable you get for dummy variables the difference in geometric
> means (Newson 2003), while if you look at a dummy variable with 
> a non-transformed dependent variable you get the difference in
> arithmatic means.

I have used slightly confusing terminology: more correct would be to
say that you will get the ratio of geometric means.

-- Maarten


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