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01-02-2005 | Review

Statistics review 14: Logistic regression

Authors: Viv Bewick, Liz Cheek, Jonathan Ball

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2005

Abstract

This review introduces logistic regression, which is a method for modelling the dependence of a binary response variable on one or more explanatory variables. Continuous and categorical explanatory variables are considered.

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Title: Statistics review 14: Logistic regression
Authors: Viv Bewick
Liz Cheek
Jonathan Ball
Publication date: 01-02-2005
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Critical Care / Issue 1/2005
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/cc3045

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