Learning Objectives

After reading this chapter, you should be able to:

  • How to use logistic regression to describe the relationship between an interval-level independent variable and a dichotomous dependent variable
     
  • How logistic regression is similar to—and different from—ordinary least squares regression
     
  • How maximum likelihood estimation works
     
  • How to use logistic regression with multiple independent variables
     
  • How to use probabilities to interpret logistic regression results