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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Pan American Health Organization
1997-01-01
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Series: | Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública |
Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49891997001000007 |