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Haitao Du
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I know that in linear regression the response variable must be continuous but why is this so? I cannot seem to find anything online that explains why I cannot use discrete data for the response variable. Your help would be appreciated. Thanks John

I know that in linear regression the response variable must be continuous but why is this so? I cannot seem to find anything online that explains why I cannot use discrete data for the response variable. Your help would be appreciated. Thanks John

I know that in linear regression the response variable must be continuous but why is this so? I cannot seem to find anything online that explains why I cannot use discrete data for the response variable.

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In linear regression why does the response variable have to be continuous?

I know that in linear regression the response variable must be continuous but why is this so? I cannot seem to find anything online that explains why I cannot use discrete data for the response variable. Your help would be appreciated. Thanks John