Logistic regression in rare events data

Journal of Statistical Software

Volumn 8, Issue , 2003, Pages 137-163

  King, Gary ^a   Zeng, Langche ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 4544259831     PISSN: 15487660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18637/jss.v008.i02     Document Type: Article

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