In article <anb426$9r9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'm been told that I should normalise all my variables. >I'm using Tobin's Q as my dependent variable which simplified is the market >value over the total assets. >It has been suggested that therefore all my independent variables should be >normalised by being over assets.
>Is this correct? I would state otherwise; NEVER do any processing to your data not determined by the problem. Never normalize; never let the computer do your thinking for you. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Deptartment of Statistics, Purdue University [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558 . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
