Examination of the (sample) residuals resulting from the regression analysis can indicate failures of assumptions 1, 3, and 4. Such failures are not necessarily a bad thing: They can point the way to ...

Beside the model, the other input into a regression analysis is some relevant sample data, consisting of the observed values of the dependent and explanatory variables for a sample of members of the ...

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