Logistic Regression: A Primer (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences)

Pampel, Fred C.

ISBN 10: 0761920102 / ISBN 13: 9780761920106

Published by SAGE Publications, Inc, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Logistic Regression: A Primer (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences)
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761920102
• ISBN 13: 9780761920106
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Pampel′s book offers readers the first `nuts and bolts′ approach to doing logistic regression through the use of careful explanations and worked-out examples. This book will enable readers to use and understand logistic regression techniques and will serve as a foundation for more advanced treatments of the topic.

About the Author

FRED C. PAMPEL is Research Professor of Sociology and a Research Associate in the Population Program at the University of Colorado Boulder. He received a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, in 1977, and has previously taught at the University of Iowa, University of North Carolina, and Florida State University. His research focuses on socioeconomic disparities in health behaviors, smoking in particular, and on the experimental and quasi-experimental methods for evaluation of social programs for youth.  He is the author of several books on population aging, cohort change, and public policy, and his work has appeared in the American Sociological Review, the American Journal of Sociology, Demography, Social Forces, and the European Sociological Review.