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Applied Statistics

2002

Analysis issues

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Modeling Strategies In Logistic Regression With Sas, Spss, Systat, Bmdp, Minitab, And Stata, Chao-Ying Joanne Peng, Tak-Shing Harry So May 2002

Modeling Strategies In Logistic Regression With Sas, Spss, Systat, Bmdp, Minitab, And Stata, Chao-Ying Joanne Peng, Tak-Shing Harry So

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

This paper addresses modeling strategies in logistic regression within the context of a real-world data set. Six commercially available statistical packages were evaluated in how they addressed modeling issues and in the accuracy of their regression results. Recommendations are offered for data analysts in terms of each package's strengths and weaknesses.