Abnormally wide confidence intervals in logistic regression: interpretation of statistical program results

This study describes the behavior of eight statistical programs (BMDP, EGRET, JMP, SAS, SPSS, STATA, STATISTIX and SYSTAT) when performing a logistic regression with a simulated data set that contains a numerical problem created by the presence of a cell value equal to zero. The programs respond in...

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Main Authors: Irala Jokin de, Fernandez-Crehuet Navajas Rafael, Serrano del Castillo Amparo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pan American Health Organization 1997-01-01
Series:Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49891997001000007