Hello Lars,
I thought a simplr exponetial might do it but i guess I was wrong. Can you
forward the correct method when you get it.
Isaac
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 06:25 PM, Lars Chi <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>I'd appreciate your opinion regarding the following. Suppose I apply a log
>transform to my dependent variable and regress this transformed variable on
>a set of independent variables. Now, the predicted values from this
>regression are in log-scale. Is there any way I can obtain the predicted
>values in the original scale. If I'm correct, simply exponentiation the
>predicted values won’t do (I think as a consequence of Jensen's
>inequality,
>these values will underestimate the true values).
>Thanks in advance for your help!
>
>L.C.
>
>
>
Isaac Dialsingh
Room 316
Eberly College of Science
Dept of Statistics
Pennsylvannia State University
University Park, PA 16802
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