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Article #12Re: Query: Regression on 0's and 1's
From: Gordon H. Fick
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 23:06
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 23:06
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>>The output, y, is random, but either 0 or 1. I believe that either x ... > > >This sounds like a bioassay problem with a quantal response. There is a >large literature on this problem. It can be solved using maximum >likelihood estimation (i.e., the binomial response with a mean >probability given by a functional relationship with respect to your 'x' >values. > >SYSTAT will solve this sort of problem, providing that you can write an >explicit relationship for the expected response probability in terms of >the "x" values -- in fact, EXCEL ver 3.0 or higher (with the solver add >in) can also be set up to solve such a problem. > > Splus is ideal for binary/binomial regression with logit or probit links. Superb for diagnostic displays and other graphics. GLIM is still a fine alternative especially if there are a number of candidate models in the X variables EGRET is a fine menu driven alternative... and it will do conditional logistic regression along with the standard stuff. -- Gordon H. Fick - Department of Community Health Sciences University of Calgary - Calgary, Alberta CANADA T2N 4N1 - (403) 220-6939
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Newsgroups: sci.math.stat Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!cs.widener.edu!eff!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca!acs.ucalgary.ca!ghfick From: ghfick@acs.ucalgary.ca (Gordon H. Fick) Subject: Re: Query: Regression on 0's and 1's Sender: news@acs.ucalgary.ca (USENET News System) Message-ID: <92Oct27.230603.25499@acs.ucalgary.ca> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 92 23:06:03 GMT References: <BwsGvK.Jpu@cs.uiuc.edu> <1992Oct27.192650.8696@cbis.ece.drexel.edu> Nntp-Posting-Host: acs3.acs.ucalgary.ca Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta Lines: 28