Timeline for Analysed non-linear data with GAM regression, but reviewer has suggested fitting exponential or logarithmic curves instead. Which to use?
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| Jul 12, 2021 at 13:09 | comment | added | Demetri Pananos | @Schmuddi I would consider it inappropriate to look at the data to determine which shape would best fit the data, and then fit that model as if it were my original hypothesis. That would be a case of testing the hypothesis suggested by the data | |
| Jul 12, 2021 at 8:45 | comment | added | Schmuddi | Re "not a proper inferential procedure": Just to clarify, you'd consider it inappropriate to replace a GAM by a linear model during the analysis if the investigation of the initial GAM shows a clear linear effect of the predictor? | |
| Jul 10, 2021 at 13:37 | history | answered | Demetri Pananos | CC BY-SA 4.0 |