The use and interpretation of logistic regression in higher education journals: 1988-1999

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 259-293

  Peng, Chao Ying Joanne ^a,b   So, Tak Shing Harry ^a   Stage, Frances K ^c   St John, Edward P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Delta P; Higher education research; Logistic regression; Logit; Marginal probability; Multivariate statistics; Odds ratio; Probit; Tobit

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011032278     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014858517172     Document Type: Review

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