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Showing 1 to 20 of 408 for “"Logistic regression analysis"”.
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Exploring autism prediction through logistic regression analysis with corrections for rare events data
… Then, a statistical correction to the standard logistic regression model will be applied to yield adjusted predictions that take into account the prevalence of autism cases both in the sample data and in the population of interest.
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A Logistic Regression Analysis of Utah Colleges Exit Poll Response Rates Using SAS Software
… poll for an overall response rate of 65 percent. Logistic regression is used to estimate factors that contribute to a success or failure of each interview attempt. This logistic regression model uses interviewer characteristics, voter characteristics (both respondents and nonrespondents), and …
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Ordinal Logistic Regression Analysis of RFID Doorway Portal Performance as a Function of System Design Parameters
… tag type, and tag orientation. In this analysis of a RFID system, the response observations were modeled under an ordinal logistic regression model. The selection of a categorical analysis method was due to the flaws associated with the initial design of the experiment, which resulted in …
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Best Practices in Authorship Attribution of English Essays
Logistic regression analysis is used to determine the best practices in authorship attribution for English essays, specifically examining the methods available in JGAAP version 4.3 and their performance on problem A of the AAAC corpus. Best practices were determined by ranking the logistic …
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Predictors for Student Success in Online Education
… final course grade was also used for the second analysis. A logistic regression analysis was conducted to examine course completion while final course grade was analyzed using multinomial logistic regression analysis. Two strategies were employed for each of these methods. The first was …
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Foster Care Placement Decisions: Is Race a Factor
… administrative data were analyzed using logistic regression analysis and Classification and Regression Tree (CART) analysis. Data revealed that the number of investigator home visits, the number of other investigator contacts, the number of previous indicated allegations, and infancy were …
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Choices made under reproductive uncertainty: acceptance or rejection of amniocentesis by women at genetic reproductive risk
… to the amniocentesis decision using multiple logistic regression analysis. Women who reported that their husbands thought they should undergo amniocentesis and who were willing to accept higher chances of complications with the procedure were significantly more likely to accept than reject …
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Application of artificial neural networks in breast and colorectal surgery
… neural networks (ANNs) are a nonlinear regression method capable of accurately predicting outcome in an individual patient. We identified two scenarios where accurate prediction in individual patient can greatly influence their management.In the first study, we investigated the ability …
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Showup identifications: the effects of presence of stolen property and suspect’s denial on identification performance
… between-subjects factorial design. Binary logistic regression analysis indicated that both the target and stolen property, independently, and significantly predicted the accuracy of identification decisions. Surprisingly, the presence of stolen property facilitated more accurate …
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Ethnic Identity, Gay Identity and Sexual Sensation Seeking: HIV Risk-taking Predictors Among Men of Color Who Have Sex with Men
… 1% American Indian, and 3% other ethnicity. Logistic regression analysis identified sexual sensation seeking, having an undefined gay identity, being in a sexually exclusive relationship, not being HIV seronegative, and length of stay in the country (for those born overseas) as significant …
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Falling Down: The Influence Of Traffic Patterns And Availability Of Emergency Medical Service Personnel On The Lethality Of Violent Encounters
… OH, and Richmond, VA. Additive models of logistic regression analysis revealed that fire/rescue availability, firearm use, incidents arising out of arguments, outdoor locations, and victim gender are the most consistent predictors of whether or not a violent incident will result in a …
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Tuberculosis in San Bernardino County, 1993-2004 : Lifestyle and Environmental Factors
… and type of health care provider. A multivariate logistic regression analysis for San Bernardino County indicated that several factors influenced TB cases from inside the U.S. These included correctional facility residence, age, living in the desert region of San Bernardino County, and …
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Historic Preservation Leading to Heritage Tourism as an Economic Development Strategy for Small Tennessee Towns.
… consistent and mandatory. The study used logistic regression analysis to compare successful towns, defined as those towns in the upper third of study towns for tourism expenditures per capita, with less than successful towns. The 32 study towns met the criteria of having a 2003 population …
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Examining the factors impacting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in accessing development debt finance in the kingdom of Eswatini
… comprises 1,390 loan applicants, an empirical analysis was done using a binary logistic regression analysis to assess credit rationing factors preventing SMEs in the Kingdom of Eswatini to access DFIs loans for their growth and development. Thus, the objectives of the study are to examine the …
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Predicting business failure in the hospitality industry: an application of logit model
… business failure models were developed through logistic regression analysis employing 8 financial variables based on one year prior to business failure. The models were tested at two and three years prior to business failure. The empirical evidence illustrated that the business failure model …
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Exploring The Relationship Between Preadmission Factors And Dental School Student Success
… between the years 1998-2009. Multiple linear regression analysis was conducted to assess the relationship of the pre admission variables to the continuous variable Dental School GPA. Logistic regression analysis was conducted to assess the relationship of the pre admission variables to the …
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A Policy Analysis of the Endangered Species Act
… which listed species were recovering, and a logistic regression analysis was performed to identify which aspects of the ESA most contribute to recovery. Of the 747 species tested, only 24% had a population that was stable or improving. Time listed and classification group were found to …
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Predictors of abnormal cervical lesions among women(15-49 years old) in Zambia: A cross-sectoral study
… for the study. SPSS version 21 was used for data analysis. Descriptive statistics using the chi2 test were used to explore proportions of women by their various socio-economic, demographic, medical and obstetric characteristics. Univariate logistic regression analysis was used to explore …
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Predictors of abnormal cervical lesions among women(15-49 years old) in Zambia: A cross-sectoral study
… for the study. SPSS version 21 was used for data analysis. Descriptive statistics using the chi2 test were used to explore proportions of women by their various socio-economic, demographic, medical and obstetric characteristics. Univariate logistic regression analysis was used to explore …
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First-year student retention: MAP-Works[superscript]TM early warning and intervention relationships
… their second semester and second year. The data analysis for this study used quantitative data analysis methods. The first and second research questions asking which of the factors were significant in predicting retention were answered using independent samples t-tests. The third research …
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