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Re: P value for the regression analysis? [message #66455 is a reply to message #66454] Fri, 08 May 2009 08:02 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Vince Hradil is currently offline  Vince Hradil
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On May 8, 9:14 am, Vince Hradil <vincehra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 8, 8:15 am, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>> d.po...@gmail.com writes:
>>> I need an urgent help. How would we calculate the P value for the
>>> regression analysis? For fit=linfit(x,y,yfit=yfit), how we could find
>>> P value?
>
>> What is your null hypothesis for fitting a line through
>> a set of data!?
>
>> Cheers,
>
>> David
>
>> --
>> David Fanning, Ph.D.
>> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
>> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming:http://www.dfanning.com/
>> Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
>
> True - linear fitting is NOT regression analysis.  Here's a good place
> to start (as good as any other):http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_regression

Oh, and
IDL> ? regress
might help, too.
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