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VOL 2 | FEBRUARY 2005
DEFINITION OF A LOGIT
THOMAS O’NEILL PhD | NCSBN TESTING SERVICES
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Logits are a foreign concept to the
general public, so people frequently
ask us, “What is a logit?”
INTRODUCTION
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DEFINITION OF A LOGIT
NCLEX® PSYCHOMETRIC TECHNICAL BRIEF | VOL 2 | FEBRUARY 2005
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A second problem with an odds ratio is that
differences between odds ratios do not necessarily
mean the same thing. A change from 1 to 1 odds to
9-to-1 odds is a tremendous increase, but the
change from 1001-to-1 odds to 1009-to-1
odds is unnoticeable, yet it still represents an
increase of eight. Therefore, converting these
percentages to an odds ratio is not enough.
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