Timeline for Reference for the idea that a simpler model can be used when the range of data values is smaller
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| Dec 10, 2014 at 10:52 | answer | added | chuse | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 29, 2014 at 0:39 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackStats/status/516386861271769089 | ||
| Sep 29, 2014 at 0:25 | comment | added | Glen_b | There's certainly an idea around that when (conditional) variation is larger (relative to the variation in $x$), simpler models will tend to work better, and the two ideas are connected (if the x-variable is only over a small range, the conditional variation in $y$ will be relatively larger than if $x$ covers a wider range). I don't have any references for that right now though. | |
| Sep 28, 2014 at 21:56 | history | edited | rolando2 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 28, 2014 at 21:45 | history | edited | gung - Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 28, 2014 at 20:51 | history | asked | Wayne Hajas | CC BY-SA 3.0 |