--- On Mon, 9/11/09, Christian Weiß wrote:
> I am using a dependent variable which is almost, but
> according to the respective tests, not normally distributed
> (even after transforming).
This is a very common mistake: These models do not assume that the
dependent variable is normally distributed, but that the residuals
are normally distributed. Any test of normality/Gaussianity of the
dependent variable is thus meaningless.
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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Institut fuer Soziologie
Universitaet Tuebingen
Wilhelmstrasse 36
72074 Tuebingen
Germany
http://www.maartenbuis.nl
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