Week 4

Logistic Regression

Materials for meeting on

February 19, 2024

Before class

Articles

  • DeMaris, A. (1995). A tutorial in logistic regression. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 57, 956-968.

    • When do you use logistic regression?
    • Why is it superior to ordinary least squares regression in this case?
    • Conceptually, how do you interpret the log odds from a logistic regression?
    • What is an odds ratio?
    • How is logistic regression extended to include non-binary categorical dependent variables?

Class

After class

Textbook

  • Xing Liu (2023). Categorical Data Analysis and Multilevel Modeling Using R (1st edition). SAGE Publications Ltd.

Optional readings

  • Interactions are complex issue

    • Connor J. McCabe, Max A. Halvorson, Kevin M. King, Xiaolin Cao & Dale S. Kim (2022) Interpreting Interaction Effects in Generalized Linear Models of Nonlinear Probabilities and Counts, Multivariate Behavioral Research, 57:2-3, 243-263, DOI: 10.1080/00273171.2020.1868966