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Re:Guide to Linear Regression (2015) by hackaflocka on Thursday January 21, 2016 @03:30PM (#10948081)
Do you have a doc on whether the data are supposed to be Normally Distributed, and if they are then how to measure said Normality? I'd really appreciate such a doc if you do.
Re:Guide to Linear Regression (2015) by glaugh on Thursday January 21, 2016 @04:10PM (#10948388)
Sorry, we don't. My understanding, though, is that the typical statistical measures of normality (e.g., Kolmogorov–Smirnov) aren't really that effective, and the best way to assess normality is a visual inspection of a Q-Q plot. I don't have a specific source for this assertion, it's my memory from having researched this stuff a few years ago.