CHAPTER 11REGRESSION ANAL YSIS: SOME ADDIT ION AL TECHNIQUESCHAPTER OVERVIEW This chapter provides an introduction to some additional tools and concepts tha t are use ful in regres sion ana lysis. Thepresentatio n inc ludesexpansion s ofthe basic ideas and techniques of regression analysis that we re 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. under stand how to include quali tativ e variables in a regression analysis. 2. unders tand how to use automate d variable sel ect ion procedur es to develo p regression models. 3. be able to perform logis tic regres sion for dichot omous and poly tomous dep en- dent variables. 539
This chapter provides an introduction to some additional tools
and conceptsthat areuseful in regressionanalysis. Thepresentation
includes expansions ofthe basic ideas and techniques of regression
analysis that were introduced inChapters 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 developregression models.
3. be able to perform logistic regression for dichotomous and
polytomous depen-dent variables.
