[R] variable transformation for lm

[David Winsemius]

On Nov 3, 2011, at 11:55 AM, "Johannes Radinger" <JRadinger at gmx.at> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am doing a simple regression using lm(Y~X).
> As my response and my predictor seemed to be skewed
> and I can't meet the model assumptions. Therefore
> I need to transform my variables.

The presence of skewness in either or both the response or predictors does NOT imply failure to meet model assumptions. The assumptions of linear regression regarding normality only apply to the residuals after the estimation of the model.

-- 
David.
> 
> I wanted to ask what is the preferred way to find out
> if predictor and/or response needs to be transformed
> and if yes how (log-transform?).
> 
> I found a procedure in "A modern approach to Regressoin
> in R" (Sheather, 2009): There they suggest an approach
> with the function bctrans from alr3...but it seems that it
> is deprecated. So what is the best way (box-cox test) find the best
> transformation for predictor and response simultaneously?
> AFAIK boxcox from MASS is used only used for transformation
> of the predictor?
> 
> Thank you very much
> Johannes
> 
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