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st: Handling 0 values when using logs of a dependent variable


From   Dana Chandler <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   st: Handling 0 values when using logs of a dependent variable
Date   Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:17:17 -0500

I would like to run a regression of a given variable's log on another
set of variables. How should I handle the 0 values?

I have searched for an answer and saw some people say that "you cannot
run a regression with logs on values of zero... those values should be
considered 'missing' in the regression." Another suggestion was to
replace the 0s with 1s.

Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance,
Dana
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