Urgent Response Needed: Can Partial Means Predict a Regression Line?

[bhartish]

urgent reply needed

Can we use partial means as a predictor for the response while fitting a regression line or curve?.

 

[chiro]

Can we use partial means as a predictor for the response while fitting a regression line or curve?.

Hey bhartish and welcome to the forums.

What is a partial mean? Is this just a mean of a subset of your actual data? I've never come across this term before.

 

[SW VandeCarr]

Hey bhartish and welcome to the forums.

What is a partial mean? Is this just a mean of a subset of your actual data? I've never come across this term before.

It's used in econometrics and involves the weighted averages of derivatives of regression functions. They're defined in section 2.2 of the link.

http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/imbens/files/ir.pdf

The answer to the OPs question seems to be yes, where it's appropriate.

 

[turbo]

BTW, "urgent" and "needed" along with "ASAP" are bound to get your posts ignored. There are plenty of smart folks here that will help you, but they'll be turned off if you wait until the last minute and then demand help. If you are in need, post your questions early so members can help you, and you can get clarification along the way. Just a suggestion.

 

[SW VandeCarr]

BTW, "urgent" and "needed" along with "ASAP" are bound to get your posts ignored. There are plenty of smart folks here that will help you, but they'll be turned off if you wait until the last minute and then demand help. If you are in need, post your questions early so members can help you, and you can get clarification along the way. Just a suggestion.

Yes. Ditto for exclamation marks !