Re: Centering (was Re: Missing covariates)
From: Nick Holford <n.holford@auckland.ac.nz>
Subject: Re: Centering (was Re: Missing covariates)
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2001 07:33:22 +1200
Alan,
Two other very well known authorities in this area have said that centering does not affect the SE of the parameter estimate provided a local minimum is avoided.
What is the basis for your assertion?
Nick
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