Log Odds and the Interpretation of Logit Models

Health Services Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 859-878

  Norton, Edward C ^a,b   Dowd, Bryan E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Logit; marginal effects; odds ratio; probit; risk ratio

Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; MODEL; ODDS RATIO; STUDY DESIGN; HUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 85020025735     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12712     Document Type: Article

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