Splitting a Predictor at the Upper Quarter or Third and the Lower Quarter or Third
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- 1 February 2009
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The American Statistician
- Vol. 63 (1) , 1-8
Abstract
A linear regression of y on x can be approximated by a simple difference: the average values of y corresponding to the highest quarter or third of x, minus the average values of y corresponding to ...Keywords
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