Logistic Regression and Linear Discriminant Analyses in Evaluating Factors Associated with Asthma Prevalence among 10- to 12-Years-Old Children: Divergence and Similarity of the Two Statistical Methods
Logistic regression and discriminant analyses are both applied in order to predict the probability of a specific categorical outcome based upon several explanatory variables (predictors). The aim of this work is to evaluate the convergence of these two methods when they are applied in data from the...
Main Authors: | George Antonogeorgos, Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, Kostas N. Priftis, Anastasia Tzonou |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2009-01-01
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Series: | International Journal of Pediatrics |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/952042 |
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