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Re: st: Box-Tidwell Test
From
Nick Cox <[email protected]>
To
[email protected]
Subject
Re: st: Box-Tidwell Test
Date
Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:17:37 +0100
Although this looks almost hopelessly vague -- no explanation of what
commands you are using, no precise syntax, no precise output, no
explanation of "not working" -- an answer can nevertheless be
attempted. If your predictor is an indicator (a.k.a. dummy), no
one-to-one transformation can possibly alter its statistical
properties in key respects, as any mapping can be summarised by its
results, 0 -> c, 1 -> d, and is thus equivalent to a linear
re-expression.
Think of it geometrically: two points can be mapped using any
transformation t(.) you like, but they remain (at most) two points,
and thus the transformation can be summarised by the straight line
joining them in the space (x, t(x)) !
Nick
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 8:55 AM,
<[email protected]> wrote:
> For my thesis I am using logisitic regressions and I wanted to check my
> modells for linearity. One test that is commmon is the "Box-Tidwell"-Test,
> yet in my case it is not working. Both my dependent and independent
> variables are dummys and now I was wondering why the test is not working?
>
> I know there are other tests as well, however I really would like to know
> why the test is not working?
>
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