On 12-11-19 10:18 AM, S Ellison wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- >>> Can I use simple linear regression when I have proportion data >>> for both dependent and independent variables? Or, should I use >>> beta regression analysis? Or any suggestion? >>> >> >> The distribution of the independent variable is irrelevant (in some >> circumstances it matters whether it is measured without error or >> not).
> Agreed that if you just want a line that goes somewhere near the data > you can do pretty much anything. But don't those circumstances you > referred to include 'any time you want an unbiased estimate of the > slope or a reliable standard error on coefficients'? Did you see that I wrote "distribution of the **independent** variable" above? Ben ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
