Date:         Mon, 13 Mar 2000 15:11:55 GMT
Reply-To:     Shail Dobson <dobson_shail@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Shail Dobson <dobson_shail@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Negative Coefficients
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Hello group,

I did a stepwise regression, 1 dependent variable with 7 independent
variables. The sample size is 100. It is a rating scale, where 10 means
excellent and 1 means poor.

One of an important variable shows a positive significant correlation with
the dependent variables, but in the coefficient matrix this has a negative
coefficient. It seems funny to me that there would be an inverse
relationship in the Beta or t-coefficients. Could some shed some light why
it is happing? I generally conclude my key drivers based on their beta
values.

Many thanks,
Shail
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