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which non parametric test to use? friedman or Kruskal?
I am conducting a study on textrual complexity. We fed people food (3 types) over 3 sessions and asked questions about hunger levels. 20 participants were tested during 60 trials in total. Of the 14 ...
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How to create a B-spline basis without intercept and linear trend included?
I want to fit the following model using splines:
\begin{align} Y(t) = \beta_0 + \beta_1t + \sum_{j=2}^{d} \beta_jB(t)_j \end{align}
where $B_j$ are the basis functions. However, when I run the ...
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Construct piece-wise linear mixed effect models
I'm looking at the BMACS dataset(data(BMACS)), and is trying to construct a local constant fit without covariates using base functions B1(t) = 1 for t < 2, B2(t) = 1 for 2 <=t <4 and B3(t) = ...
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Log transformation not making data normal
I have a data set with positive skewness when I log tranform it tends to be negatively skewed. Is there any other transformation that I can use or any statistical method works?
Thanks!!!