Re: st: REML with non-normally distributed dependent Variable

[Dan MacNulty <macn0007@umn.edu>]

Why not transform your dependent variable (e.g, log-transform) to 
approximate a normal distribution? Dan

Christian Weiss wrote:
> Dear Statalisters,
>
> I am working with a random-intercept model using REML. As it turned
> out my dependent variable is not normally distributed.
> If I recall it correctly, one of the assumptions of ML is multivariate
> normality. Do you have any advice what to do or to consider?
>
> Best regards
> Christian
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