Applied Logistic Regression 3e

?AneweditionofthedefinitiveguidetologisticregressionmodelingforhealthscienceandotherapplicationsThisthoroughlyexpandedThirdEditionprovidesaneasilyaccessibleintroductiontothelogisticregression(LR)modelandhighlightsthepowerofthismodelbyexaminingtherelationshipbetweenadichotomousoutcomeandasetofcovariables.AppliedLogisticRegression,ThirdEditionemphasizesapplicationsinthehealthsciencesandhandpickstopicsthatbestsuittheuseofmodernstatisticalsoftware.Thebookprovidesreaderswithstate-of-the-arttechniquesforbuilding,interpreting,andassessingtheperformanceofLRmodels.Newandupdatedfeaturesinclude:AchapterontheanalysisofcorrelatedoutcomedataAwealthofadditionalmaterialfortopicsrangingfromBayesianmethodstoassessingmodelfitRichdatasetsfromreal-worldstudiesthatdemonstrateeachmethodunderdiscussionDetailedexamplesandinterpretationofthepresentedresultsaswellasexercisesthroughoutAppliedLogisticRegression,ThirdEditionisamust-haveguideforprofessionalsandresearcherswhoneedtomodelnominalorordinalscaledoutcomevariablesinpublichealth,medicine,andthesocialsciencesaswellasawiderangeofotherfieldsanddisciplines.,