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Techniques for analyzing ratios

I am looking for advice and comments that deal with the analysis of ratios and rates. In the field in which I work analysis of ratios in particular is widespread but I have read a few papers that ...
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How to derive the least square estimator for multiple linear regression?

In the simple linear regression case $y=\beta_0+\beta_1x$, you can derive the least square estimator $\hat\beta_1=\frac{\sum(x_i-\bar x)y}{\sum(x_i-\bar x)^2}$ such that you don't have to know ...
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How to do multiple regression with limited experience and (hopefully) excel?

I am doing a study of how legal need relates to a number of predictors. Outcome Variable: Legal Need (Yes or No) Possible Predictors: Age, Gender, Race, Ethnicity, Language, Clinic, Insurance ...
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Validation of a linear regression model using R

I have created a multiple linear regression model with R using lm and glm. I am using lm on ...
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How to do a generalized linear model with multiple dependent variables in R?

I have six dependent variables (count data) and several independent variables, I see that in a MMR the script goes like this: ...
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Logistic regression and complementary log log model

is there like a diagnostic checking(like those in the time series) done for logistic regression and complementary loglog model?
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Abusing Linear Models under Multicollinearity: Simulation for 'realistic' movement of predictors

I have a reasonable understanding of why multicollinearity is a problem is regression models, along the lines of this excellent post. To summarise my understanding, for a regression model of $y = ...