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Re: st: about residuals and coefficients


From   Federico Belotti <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: about residuals and coefficients
Date   Fri, 6 Sep 2013 13:53:41 +0200

David,

tks for your explanation. It is enough. 
My request was just to be sure that what I had in mind was the right story. 

Federico

On Sep 6, 2013, at 1:00 PM, David Hoaglin wrote:

> Federico,
> 
> Briefly (I have little time now before leaving to catch a plane), I
> had in mind a variety of designed experiments (and some surveys) that
> collect data for combinations of levels of several variables.  The
> design ensures that one can change a given variable and hold other
> variables constant, because each of those combinations is supported by
> data.  The analyses tend to use analysis of variance, rather than
> regression.
> 
> In any analysis, the data are the key to whether a statement about
> holding variables constant is well supported or is an extrapolation of
> some kind.
> 
> David Hoaglin
> 
> On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 3:37 AM, Federico Belotti <[email protected]> wrote:
>> David
>> 
>> I found your point on the absence of equal conditions unless the data are collected to produce such structure rather intriguing. Could you please clarify your statement?
>> 
>> Tks
>> Federico
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