http://www.scribd.com/people/view/76080-mikebaileyvienna This a feed for documents on Scribd written by mikebaileyvienna 30 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:14:06 GMT Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:14:06 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/211314/BasicLogRegress Basic Introduction LOGISTIC REGRESSION Mike Bailey 02/09/08 1 *Course at statistics.com 02/09/08 2 *BASICS Response 0 negative Y =   1 positive  dichotomous categorical (usually make these dichotomous Design variables) Predictors X real-valued 02/09/08 3 *PREDICTING PROBABILITIES E[Y | X ] = P[Y = 1 | X ] ≡ π ( X ) 02/09/08 4 *LOGISTIC MODEL β 0 + β1 x1 + β 2 x2 +... e π ( x) = β 0 + β1 x1 + β 2 x2 +... 1+ e bx e = bx 1+ e 1 = −bx 1+ e 02/09/08 5 *LOGIT FUNCTION π ( x)(1 + e ) =1 1 − π ( x) − xb e= π ( x) 1 − π ( x) xb = ln( ) = g ( x) π Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:14:06 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/211314/BasicLogRegress