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Logistic regression

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Philip Sedgwick
BMJ : British Medical Journal

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Abstract

: The logistic regression equation is one of the modern nonparametric methods, developed to predict a qualitatives variables (nominal or ordinal). It is considered as an alternative test for the simple and multiple linear regression equations. This equation is subject to the concepts of the model in terms of The possibility of testing the set overalllayout affect of the independents variables on one qualitative dependent variable , and to its use of thegoodness of fit modeling concepts. This paper aims to put an Introduction to the different logistic regression types, clarifying its concept, defining its characteristics and its application conditions, and thenapply it in a practical example of the binomial logistic regression using SPSS program