Would it be any concern if we find correlation between intercept and other regression coefficients?

Elise Kelley

Elise Kelley

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2022-10-26

Would it be any concern if we find correlation between intercept and other regression coefficients?

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imperiablogyy

imperiablogyy

Beginner2022-10-27Added 13 answers

The short answer is no, such a correlation is not a problem, its just the interpretation. The reason the correlation is not a problem, statistically, is that standardizing is a linear transformation (add/multiply by a constant), which should not affect how well the line fits. As a concrete example...a linear regression of, say, Reaction Rate vs Temperature, (for some chemical reaction) should not depend on the choice of temperature units (Kelvin, Celsius, Farenheit). Essentially, the units you express a relationship in should not affet the accuracy or validity of your linear regression, since different units of some property (e.g., length, temp, time) are related to each other via a linear transformation, and it would make no sense for a particular, arbitrary set of units to yield more accuracy than another set of units.

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