[R] regressing on variable with heavy tails

2011-04-30 Thread Jeroen Ooms
I have a dependent variable with is very peaked and has heavy tails, something I haven't encountered before. (histogram: http://postimage.org/image/2sw9bn8pw/). What could be an appropriate family or transformation to do regress on this?-- View this message in context:

Re: [R] regressing on variable with heavy tails

2011-04-30 Thread David Winsemius
On Apr 30, 2011, at 9:36 PM, Jeroen Ooms wrote: I have a dependent variable with is very peaked and has heavy tails, something I haven't encountered before. (histogram: http://postimage.org/image/2sw9bn8pw/). What could be an appropriate family or transformation to do regress on this?