Date:         Mon, 13 Mar 2000 10:03:01 -0600
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From:         Ian Straus <Ian.Straus@VIAINFO.NET>
Subject:      Re: Negative Coefficients
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Is this variable with the unexpected negative coefficient, highly
correlated with another independent variable with a positive
coefficient?

Ian Straus

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shail Dobson [SMTP:dobson_shail@HOTMAIL.COM]
> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 9:12 AM
> To:   SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject:      Negative Coefficients
>
> 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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