Which of the following would probably NOT be a potential “cure” for non-normal residuals?
A. Transforming two explanatory variables into a ratio
B. Removing large positive residuals
C. Using a procedure for estimation and inference which did not assume normality
D. Removing large negative residuals
Chọn đáp án: A
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