can i remove the intercept when i first do regression

shiyiming

can i remove the intercept when i first do regression analysis?

shiyiming

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normally you should not delete the intercept if it's not too bad(P-value not too big), but if you want to delete it anyway. you should only do it at after your stepwise selection.