Dr Mircea Zloteanu ❄️☃️🎄

#statstab #476 In linear regression, when is it appropriate to use the log of an independent variable instead of the actual values?

Thoughts: Great thread explaining the (few) instances when log transforming makes sense

#logarithm #transformation #data

https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/298/in-linear-regression-when-is-it-appropriate-to-use-the-log-of-an-independent-va/3530#3530

In linear regression, when is it appropriate to use the log of an independent variable instead of the actual values?

Am I looking for a better behaved distribution for the independent variable in question, or to reduce the effect of outliers, or something else?

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Dec 8 at 3:24pmWeb