Re: cite for using linear regression instead of logistic regression

2001-03-18 Thread Joe Ward
David --   Logistic Regression is more appealing to some folks since it maps the Predicted values into the range 0-1.   If you do a least-squares regression predicting a 0-1 dependent variable, the predicted values may not be mapped into 0-1 (e.g. some predicted values may be < 0 and some

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Re: cite for using linear regression instead of logistic regression

2001-03-18 Thread David Duffy
Scheltema, Karen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've read several times on this listserve comments from people that when > p(y) is not extreme, a logistic regression model can be estimated by a > linear regression model. Some references cited by Harvey (1982): also BF&H Harvey WR (1982). Least

Re: can you use a t-test with non-interval data?

2001-03-18 Thread Rich Ulrich
On 17 Mar 2001 19:54:27 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Will Hopkins) wrote: > I just thought of a new justification doing the usual parametric analyses > on the numbered levels of a Likert-scale variable. Numbering the levels > is formally the same as ranking them, and a parametric analysis of a

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2001-03-18 Thread Neville X. Elliven
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Re: One tailed vs. Two tailed test

2001-03-18 Thread Vit Drga
On Fri, 16 Mar 2001 23:40:07 -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jerry Dallal) wrote: >FWIW, for large samples, 0.1% in the unexpected tail >corresponds to a t statistic of 3.09. I'd love to >be a fly on the wall while someone is explaining to >a client why that t = 3.00 is non-significant! :-) What

Re: can you use a t-test with non-interval data?

2001-03-18 Thread Jay Warner
Ben Kenward wrote: > My girlfriend is researching teaching methods using a questionnaire, and she > has answers for questions in the form of numbers from 1 to 5 where 5 is > strongly agree with a statement and 1 is strongly disagree. She is proposing > to do a t-test to compare, for example, ma