Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,913,918,605 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

logistic models

    0.01 sec.
logistic models,
n.pl statistical models that describe the relationship between a qualitative dependent variable (that is, one that can take only certain discrete values, such as the presence or absence of a disease) and an independent variable. A common application is in epidemiology for estimating an individual's risk (probability of contracting a disease) as a function of a given risk factor.


Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Feedback
Add definition
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Medical browser?   Full browser?
No references found
 
The analysis which consists of developing multiple logistic models integrating these different variables shows that the introduction of the variables we identified does not produce better results.
He also provides an overview of maximum likelihood estimation and iteratively reweighted least squares estimation, methods used in estimating logistic models.
Multivariate logistic models were then used to analyse the data statistically.
 
 
 
Medical Dictionary
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Advertise with Us | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.