Importance of assessing the model adequacy of binary logistic regression

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 479-486

  Sarkar, S K ^a   Midi, Habshah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Binary response variable; Covariate pattern; ROC curve; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

BINARY RESPONSE VARIABLES; COVARIATES; ROC CURVES; SENSITIVITY; SPECIFICITY;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 77649144215     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2010.479.486     Document Type: Article

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