Best Practices in Logistic Regression

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SAGE Publications, 2014 M02 26 - 488 páginas
Jason W. Osborne’s Best Practices in Logistic Regression provides students with an accessible, applied approach that communicates logistic regression in clear and concise terms. The book effectively leverages readers’ basic intuitive understanding of simple and multiple regression to guide them into a sophisticated mastery of logistic regression. Osborne’s applied approach offers students and instructors a clear perspective, elucidated through practical and engaging tools that encourage student comprehension.

Best Practices in Logistic Regression explains logistic regression in a concise and simple manner that gives students the clarity they need without the extra weight of longer, high-level texts.
 

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A CONCEPTUAL INTRODUCTION TO BIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION
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HOW DOES LOGISTIC REGRESSION HANDLE A BINARY DEPENDENT VARIABLE?
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PERFORMING SIMPLE LOGISTIC REGRESSION
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A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO TESTING ASSUMPTIONS AND CLEANING DATA FOR LOGISTIC REGRESSION
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CONTINUOUS PREDICTORS WHY SPLITTING CONTINUOUS VARIABLES INTO CATEGORIES IS UNDESIRABLE
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USING UNORDERED CATEGORICAL INDEPENDENT VARIABLES IN LOGISTIC REGRESSION
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CURVILINEAR EFFECTS IN LOGISTIC REGRESSION
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LOGISTIC REGRESSION WITH MULTIPLE INDEPENDENT VARIABLES OPPORTUNITIES AND PITFALLS
243
A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF PROBIT REGRESSION
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REPLICATION AND GENERALIZABILITY IN LOGISTIC REGRESSION
313
MODERN AND EFFECTIVE METHODS OF DEALING WITH MISSING DATA
357
MULTINOMIAL AND ORDINAL LOGISTIC REGRESSION
389
MULTILEVEL MODELING WITH LOGISTIC REGRESSION
435
AUTHOR INDEX
451
SUBJECT INDEX
455
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Jason W. Osborne is a thought leader and professor in higher education. His background in educational psychology, statistics and quantitative methods, along with that gleaned from high-level positions within Academia gives a unique perspective on the real-world data factors. In 2015, he was appointed Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate School at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina. As well as Associate Provost, at Clemson University, Jason was a Professor of applied statistics at the School of Mathematical Sciences, with a secondary appointment in Public Health Science. In 2019, he took on the role of Provost and Executive VP for Academic Affairs at Miami University. As Provost, Jason implemented a transformative strategic plan to reposition the institution as one prepared for new challenges with a modern, compelling curriculum, a welcoming environment, and enhanced support for student faculty positions and staff. In 2021, he was named by Stanford University as one of the top 2% researchers in the world, underlining his commitment to world-class research methods across particular domains, ultimately influencing a generation of learners. Currently, Jason teaches and publishes on data analysis "best practices" in quantitative and applied research methods. He has served as evaluator or consultant on research projects and in public education (K-12), instructional technology, health care, medicine and business. He served as founding editor of Frontiers in Quantitative Psychology and Measurement and has been on the editorial boards of several other journals (such as Practical Assessment, Research, and Evaluation). Jason W Osborne also publishes on identification with academics and on issues related to social justice and diversity. He has written seven books covering topics to communicate logistic regression and linear modeling, exploratory factor analysis, best practices and modern research methods, data cleaning, and numerous other topics.

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