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Re: st: How to find the best transformation for each variable in 120 periods
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"JVerkuilen (Gmail)" <[email protected]>
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Re: st: How to find the best transformation for each variable in 120 periods
Date
Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:27:00 -0500
On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 9:44 AM, Xixi Lin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to find the best transformation for each variable in 120
> periods. I know that command ladder gives the following result:
Transforming the dependent variable before you have a notion of what
the regression model will be and the deviations from it is generally a
useless endeavor. A good bit of the non-Gaussian structure in data can
be due to the regressors and once you regress on them the data may be
much better behaved. The key assumption is Gaussian errors, not
Gaussian dependent variables unconditionally. (And even that
assumption isn't *that* important, just so long as it's not violated
too badly.)
If you're planning on using transformations, I highly recommend
getting a copy of A. C. Atkinson's book Plots, Transformations and
Regression: An Introduction to Graphical Methods of Diagnostic
Regression Analysis (1986, Oxford University Press).
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