Timeline for Interpreting a negative intercept in linear regression
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| Nov 20, 2017 at 13:44 | comment | added | Stephan Kolassa | Related: Why is the intersect negative and what does my regression show and What to do when a linear regression gives negative estimates which are not possible and When forcing intercept of 0 in linear regression is acceptable/advisable | |
| Nov 20, 2017 at 10:34 | comment | added | Nick Cox | I'd consider working on a logarithmic scale almost by default with a variable like income. Then positive predictions are ensured. (Negative incomes aren't ruled out totally depending on the definition, but the surprise here suggests wages, salaries, etc.) | |
| Nov 20, 2017 at 9:11 | comment | added | Glen_b | What does the plot of starting monthly income vs years of education look like? (Is the smallest value of years of education in your data set quite some way from 0? or is the fit near 0 poor?) | |
| Nov 20, 2017 at 8:56 | history | edited | Stephan Kolassa | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 20, 2017 at 8:55 | answer | added | Stephan Kolassa | timeline score: 4 | |
| Nov 19, 2017 at 21:00 | answer | added | IrishStat | timeline score: 3 | |
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| Nov 19, 2017 at 20:49 | history | asked | Jane Doe | CC BY-SA 3.0 |