The log multinomial regression model for nominal outcomes with more than two attributes

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 889-902

  Blizzard, L ^a   Hosmer, D W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Log binomial regression; Log link; Multinomial likelihood; Risk ratio

Indexed keywords

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION;

BINARY DATA; BINOMIAL MODELS; CONFOUNDER; LOG BINOMIAL REGRESSION; LOG LINK; MULTINOMIAL LIKELIHOOD; MULTINOMIAL MODEL; MULTINOMIALS; REGRESSION MODELLING; RISK RATIO;

MEAN SQUARE ERROR;

EID: 38049166165     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200610377     Document Type: Article

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