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<p>and associated hypothesis testing are unaffected, except that the <a href="page.php?w=coefficient_of_determination">R<sup>2</sup></a> will be lower than it would be with perfect measurement.</p>

<p>However, if one or more <a href="page.php?w=independent_variable">independent variable</a>s are measured with error, then the regression coefficients and standard <a href="page.php?w=hypothesis_test">hypothesis test</a>s are invalid. This is known as <a href="page.php?w=Regression_dilution">attenuation bias</a>.</p>

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