The Stochastic Disturbance Specification and its Implications for Log-Linear Regression
- 24 July 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space
- Vol. 11 (7), 781-790
- https://doi.org/10.1068/a110781
Abstract
Model specification is a crucial factor in regression. We show that in log-linear models, although the estimated relationship represents the conditional expectation of ln Y, the antilogarithm does not give the conditional expectation of Y. This has important implications in spatial analysis.Keywords
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