Linear versus logistic regression when the dependent variable is a dichotomy

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-74

  Hellevik, Ottar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Binary variables; Logistic regression; Significance tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849163767     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-007-9077-3     Document Type: Article

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