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Is it essential to have the same units for X and Y to carry out a regression analysis?

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago
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    If you by "regression analysis" refer to the standard linear regression model, then your answer is no. You can have both continuous and categorical predictors (what you refer to as X) in this model.

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