CHAPTER

11

REGRESSION ANALYSIS:
SOME ADDITIONAL TECHNIQUES
CHAPTER OVERVIEW

This chapter provides an introduction to some additional tools and concepts

that are useful in regression analysis. The presentation includes expansions of
the basic ideas and techniques of regression analysis that were introduced in
Chapters 9 and 10.

TOPICS
11.1

INTRODUCTION

11.2

QUALITATIVE INDEPENDENT VARIABLES

11.3

VARIABLE SELECTION PROCEDURES

11.4

LOGISTIC REGRESSION

11.5

SUMMARY

LEARNING OUTCOMES
After studying this chapter, the student will
1. understand how to include qualitative variables in a regression analysis.
2. understand how to use automated variable selection procedures to develop
regression models.
3. be able to perform logistic regression for dichotomous and polytomous dependent variables.

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