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Doing Statistical Analysis: A Student's Guide to Quantitative Research

Doing Statistical Analysis: A Student's Guide to Quantitative Research

The things you need for doing statistical analysis ...

2022

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Christer Thrane (christer.thrane@inn.no)

Multinomial logistic regression: the ultimate teaching challenge?

8 min read6 days ago

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Multinomial logistic regression: the ultimate teaching challenge?

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Christer Thrane (christer.thrane@inn.no)

Ordinal logistic regression: the stepchild of statistics?

Ordinal variables abound in the social and behavioral sciences. At one extreme, ordinal y-variables have three ranked categories, as in the…

7 min readApr 28, 2024

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Ordinal logistic regression: the stepchild of statistics?

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Christer Thrane (christer.thrane@inn.no)

Tips for teaching logistic regression more effectively …

I recently posted two “tips” on how to more successfully teach regression analysis to those not well versed in math (that also help the…

6 min readApr 25, 2024

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Tips for teaching logistic regression more effectively …

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Christer Thrane (christer.thrane@inn.no)

Tips for teaching regression analysis part 2: interaction effects

This post is a direct follow-up of “Tips for teaching regression analysis to those not well versed in math (that also help the…

6 min readApr 18, 2024

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Tips for teaching regression analysis part 2: interaction effects

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Christer Thrane (christer.thrane@inn.no)

Tips for teaching regression analysis to those not well versed in math (that also help the…

A long time ago, Seneca, a Roman philosopher, said that the best way to really learn something was to teach it. I agree (for what it’s…

6 min readApr 12, 2024

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Tips for teaching regression analysis to those not well versed in math (that also help the…

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Christer Thrane (christer.thrane@inn.no)

Multicollinearity non-technically explained and visualized: regression modeling of the price of…

The multicollinearity problem is a recurrent topic in statistical research and data science, and textbooks abound with schematic…

6 min readApr 11, 2024

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Multicollinearity non-technically explained and visualized: regression modeling of the price of…

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Christer Thrane (christer.thrane@inn.no)

Exploratory data analysis (EDA) using the multivariable scatterplot smoother (MSS)

The call for doing lots of exploratory data analysis (EDA) before turning to estimation and testing of variable associations has been made…

4 min readApr 5, 2024

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Exploratory data analysis (EDA) using the multivariable scatterplot smoother (MSS)

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Christer Thrane (christer.thrane@inn.no)

The suppressor effect: An easy-to-miss threat to regression analysis

Many regression projects in research and data science start by regressing y on x1. The aim of such an endeavor is to find a substantively…

5 min readApr 3, 2024

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The suppressor effect: An easy-to-miss threat to regression analysis

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Christer Thrane (christer.thrane@inn.no)

OLS, median, and quantile regression: modelling tourism expenditures

OLS regression analysis is the working horse of statistical modelling in research and data science. In this post, I am going to present…

5 min readMar 6, 2024

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OLS, median, and quantile regression: modelling tourism expenditures

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Christer Thrane (christer.thrane@inn.no)

Will joining a fitness center make students exercise more? A regression and confounding story

In my last post, I made the case for when a simple statistical technique — bivariate linear regression — was very appropriate for…

4 min readMar 5, 2024

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Will joining a fitness center make students exercise more? A regression and confounding story

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Christer Thrane (christer.thrane@inn.no)

Christer Thrane (christer.thrane@inn.no)

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I am Christer Thrane, a sociologist and professor at Inland University College, Norway. You find me on ResearchGate. I do a lot of regression modeling :-)

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