Details, please. Linear regression is a method of analysis, not a test. Having performed a regression, one might then be interested in testing whether the slope coefficient was different from some specified value, or in constructing a confidence interval around the slope, for one (or more) predictor(s); and similarly for the intercept.
If you are asking whether there is a "non-parametric" analogue of linear regression that would provide an estimate of the slope of a line relating the response variable to the predictor, yes there is at least one. Testing hypotheses about (e.g.) the _value_ of that slope would be more troublesome, though. What did you actually have in mind that you wanted to do? And why do you [apparently] assume that linear regression is not a way of doing it? On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Dianne Worth wrote: > Does anyone know if there is a NP test to compare with > linear regression? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald F. Burrill [EMAIL PROTECTED] 56 Sebbins Pond Drive, Bedford, NH 03110 (603) 626-0816 . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
