My data analyst has used a concept called "pre-hypothesis"; it isn't equivalent to the hypothesis equation, but it is for checking Durbin Watson.
My problem is that I haven't found any source that has used the same concept (i.e., pre-hypothesis) for Multiple Linear Regression in general and Durbin Watson in particular.
I would be more than grateful if anyone could provide me with:
1. an explanation of "pre-hypothesis" in this concept, and if that equals "assumption"; and
2. a source in which "pre-hypothesis" is used and explained.
Ask your analyst to explain it coz nobody else says stuff like this. Good luck on finding a better analyst
Best wishes David Booth
I suppose it means the assumption you have about the relationship between your variables, like y=ax+b or y=ax1+bx2+c or y=ax²+bx+c or whatever. That is what you need to have before you start doing a regression analysis.
Koen Van de Moortel
Thank you for explaining the concept.
I was looking for a source to know what it exactly means. I also needed that to cite in my work; otherwise, I cannot use this term. I checked how results of multiple regression are reported, and I realized that this term was not used in any of them (to the best of my knowledge).
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