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st: Fw: ok to include the denominator of ratio dep var as an independent var too?


From   =?UTF-8?Q?Steven_Gorl=C3=A9?= <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   st: Fw: ok to include the denominator of ratio dep var as an independent var too?
Date   Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:05:13 +0100

Dear,

From an epistemological point of view, you are mixing up the explanandum
with the explanans, I would try to avoid that.
You are trying to explain the variation of y/x - which is partly dependent
on x, as the response variable is a ratio of x -  with the variation of x.



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