Hi All, I am trying to fit a linear regression between the tool speed and the tool type ( type A, Type B , Type C) where the response is the tool speed and the regressor is the tool type. I introduced two dummy variables X1 and X2 as follows X1 X2 Tool A 0 0 Tool B 0 1 Tool C 1 0 Model<-Lm (y~X1+X2) My question is on the residual plot, it looks like three cluster because I have three tool types. Is such a plot is ok with the constant variance assumption and normality (below is a link for the plot)?I have never seen such a plot of the residuals http://www.nabble.com/file/p22972254/question.JPG question.JPG -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/residuals-tp22972254p22972254.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.