--- Paolo Pamini <[email protected]> wrote:
> As soon as you do a multiple regression you need significance tests
> even if working with the whole population, am I wrong?
All the logics that Nick mentrioned are at work in the same way
regardless whether you are doing a univariate, bivariate, or
multivariate analysis. So there are good reasons to use significance
tests (perferable with a footnote saying that the logic is a bit
different from what most people are used to), and there are good rasons
for not using significance tests in this situation. There is however no
law that states that you should always use tests when doing a multiple
regression.
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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The Netherlands
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