on 08/04/2004 10:17, roger webb at [email protected] wrote:
> I am investigating the predictors of �significant parenting problems�
> in a sample of women (n=239) admitted for inpatient treatment for
> schizophrenia immediately following childbirth. The outcome
> variable is coded in a binary fashion and poor outcome is common
> in this sample (i.e. 50% of the women).
Why not try -binreg- and estimate risk ratios. -binreg- is not guaranteed to
work and produce sensible estimates, but it gives you a much more intuitive
estimate of effect size than the odds ratio.
Very few people seem to know that -binreg- is a potential alternative to
logistic regression when you have incidence data.
Ronan M Conroy ([email protected])
Lecturer in Biostatistics
Royal College of Surgeons
Dublin 2, Ireland
+353 1 402 2431 (fax 2764)
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