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RE: st: RE: Testing normality of a continuous predictor variable in a logistic model


From   "Feiveson, Alan H. (JSC-SK311)" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   RE: st: RE: Testing normality of a continuous predictor variable in a logistic model
Date   Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:02:39 -0600

The predictor certainly doesn't have to be normally distributed, but if
it's too skewed there's a higher risk of bias caused by values with
large leverage. 

Al Feiveson

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Maarten buis
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 11:36 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: st: RE: Testing normality of a continuous predictor
variable in a logistic model

--- "Soremekun, Seyi" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Because it is a logistic and not probit regression you are attempting,

> it actually does not matter if your variables are normal or not.

Why would it matter whether the explanatory variables are normaly
distributed in a probit regression?

-- Maarten

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