Logistic regression is the appropriate regression analysis to conduct when the dependent variable is dichotomous (binary). Like all regression analyses, the logistic regression is a predictive analysis. Logistic regression is used to describe data and to explain the relationship between one dependent binary variable and one or more nominal, ordinal, interval or ratio-level independent variables.
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How does the probability of getting lung cancer (yes vs. no) change for every additional pound a person is overweight and for every pack of cigarettes smoked per day?
Do body weight, calorie intake, fat intake, and age have an influence on the probability of having a heart attack (yes vs. no)?
At the center of the logistic regression analysis is the task estimating the log odds of an event. Mathematically, logistic regression estimates a multiple linear regression function defined as:
logit(p)
for i = 1…n .
Overfitting. When selecting the model for the logistic regression analysis, another important consideration is the model fit. Adding independent variables to a logistic regression model will always increase the amount of variance explained in the log odds (typically expressed as R²). However, adding more and more variables to the model can result in overfitting, which reduces the generalizability of the model beyond the data on which the model is fit.
Reporting the R2. Numerous pseudo-R2 values have been developed for binary logistic regression. These should be interpreted with extreme caution as they have many computational issues which cause them to be artificially high or low. A better approach is to present any of the goodness of fit tests available; Hosmer-Lemeshow is a commonly used measure of goodness of fit based on the Chi-square test.
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Conduct and Interpret a Logistic Regression
Assumptions of Logistic Regression
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