We introduce equivalence testing procedures for linear regression analyses. Such tests can be very useful for confirming the lack of a meaningful association between a continuous outcome and a continuous or binary predictor. Specifically, we propose an equivalence test for unstandardized regression coefficients and an equivalence test for semipartial correlation coefficients. We review how to define valid hypotheses, how to calculate $p$-values, and how these tests compare to an alternative Bayesian approach with applications to various examples in the literature.
翻译:我们引入线性回归分析的等同测试程序,这种测试对于确认连续结果和连续或二进预测器之间缺乏有意义的联系非常有用。具体地说,我们建议对不标准化回归系数进行等同测试,对半部分相关系数进行等同测试。我们审查如何界定有效假设,如何计算美元价值,这些测试如何与替代贝叶斯方法与文献中各种实例的应用进行比较。