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"holding other variables constant"

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Review the textbook's existing interpretation of multivariable regression coefficients alongside the linked paper. Done when the project decides whether the “holding other variables constant” wording needs revision and identifies the affected passage.

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Do we need to address the idea of holding other variables constant when interpreting coefficients in MLR?

see this paper: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1536867X1601600103

why the standard regression interpretation of "holding all else constant" or "controlling for [additional variables]" isn't technically correct.

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