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Logistic Regression
A Primer



96 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Pampel's book offers readers the first `nuts and bolts' approach to doing logistic regression through the use of careful explanations and worked-out examples. This book will enable readers to use and understand logistic regression techniques and will serve as a foundation for more advanced treatments of the topic.
 
The Logic of Logistic Regression
 
Interpreting Logistic Regression Coefficients
 
Estimation and Model Fit
 
Probit Analysis
 
Conclusion

Fred C. Pampel

FRED C. PAMPEL is Research Professor of Sociology and a Research Associate in the Population Program at the University of Colorado Boulder. He received a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, in 1977, and has previously taught at the University of Iowa, University of North Carolina, and Florida State University. His research focuses on socioeconomic disparities in health behaviors, smoking in particular, and on the experimental and quasi-experimental methods for evaluation of social programs for youth.  He is the author of several books on population aging, cohort change, and public policy, and his work... More About Author

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