Logistic regression and non-gaussian variables

From: juan cristobal (xxx_at_xxx.xx)
Date: 01/28/05 

Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 12:55:15 +0100

Hi!
If I take the "amount of a credit" as a variable for my logistic regression,
tests for normality aren't ok.
Indeed, people don't ask for small amounts of money, so that the
distribution has a tail on the right and is equal to 0 in the small values.

Question :
Do i have to transform the variable before computing?What are the common
transformations ?(in this case and generally : log?sqrt?...)
Thanks a lot.:)

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Text file.
    ... using PadL() Transform(), etc. to get exactly what you want. ... need to show the amount field as text field with leading zeros with out ... Example amount 123.45 should show as 000000012345 after ...
    (microsoft.public.fox.programmer.exchange)
  • Re: Numerology & Role Playing
    ... yet I can play with a wizard able to ... transform things, shoot fireballs, etc... ... Fiction requires a great amount of maturity." ...
    (rec.games.frp.gurps)
  • Re: What is real-time?
    ... that amount of work in that period. ... Latency is input to output delay. ... the work a system does is to transform an input ...
    (comp.dsp)
  • Re: What is real-time?
    ... maximum amount of work to be done in that period and that can perform ... that amount of work in that period. ... Latency is input to output delay. ... the work a system does is to transform an input ...
    (comp.dsp)